Individual — auto no. mh 03 by 2037

Sir,
I am a senior citizen and would like to draw your attention to the incident that took place yesterday, i. E. Tuesday, 25th june, 2019.

I was returning from mangalore and alighted at thane and boarded local train and alighted at mulund station. At the exit of the station i tried to hire an auto at 10.30 a. M. The auto guy refused to ply to bhandup.

The next auto was ok to ply to bhandup and accordingly i got into the auto no. Mh 03 by 2037. He lowered the meter and to my surprise it reflected rs 23/- as the minimum fare. I drew the auto driver's attention at that point he said ' now it is rs. 23/- minimum fare which was introduced by rto a few days back.' i asked him then what is night charges now for which he refused to answer.

In the mean time i checked with another person and also found a passing auto meter reflecting rs.18/- as minimum fare. After a few seconds of drive, the auto driver realised that i was checking about the fare and his meter was already showing rs.26/-, also he took a route which was longer then all of a sudden he stopped his auto saying his auto is not working.

I alighted and got into another auto and i started on. Immediately, the auto driver of mh03by 2037 charged ahead and said i should pay him, for which i refused to and asked him to accompany me to the nearest police station to check his meter reading.in the bargain the auto driver started abusing the auto driver who was plying and me and tried to stop the auto from moving ahead.

The passerby and others intervened and realised this auto guy was unruly and he saw some people dialling police help and he moved away and i left for my home.

Request you to please look into this incident and also check the autos plying in this area fooling the passengers by putting the meter on night charges.

Sincerely
Mrs rajan