Three arrested for assault on Ola driver at MIA

Team Udayavani, Feb 14, 2019, 6:56 AM IST

Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrested three persons for allegedly assaulting an Ola cab driver, while he was attending a customer at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday, February 13.

The arrested identified as Mohammed Tahseen, 50, Abdul Rahiman, 41 and Usman alias Abbas 38, all residents of Mangaluru have been booked under  IPC 143 and others. 

In his complaint, the victim, Rathan Shet claimed that a group of taxi drivers allegedly confronted few passengers who had approached the Ola Cab counter to book a taxi and later they allegedly abused and assaulted him.

It may be recalled that in November last year a clash had taken place between Airport Taxi Drivers Association members and Online Taxi Drivers near the exit road of the airport over the issue of pick up passengers from the airport.