An auto rickshaw driver who tried blackmailing a woman into paying him more money for dropping her home from the airport late at night was taken to task by a diligent constable attached to the Sahar police station.
The cop followed the vehicle and saw that the driver had stopped it in a dark spot and was abusing the helpless woman, and made sure she reached home safely later on while also warning the driver. The incident occurred at around 11.30 pm on February 3, when Meghna Murli, a Kurla resident, returned to the city from Bengaluru.
After she walked out of the arrivals terminal of the airport in Andheri, her attempts to hail an auto were unsuccessful. Shrimant Chandne, a constable with the Sahar police, noticed her and hailed an auto for her. The driver, Shriram Chandran, however, decided to take advantage of the late hours and extract more money from Murli.
But the alert constable had already sensed the auto driver's game and had followed the vehicle. "I doubted his intentions and followed him on my motorcycle.
The cop also informed the police control room about the auto's licence number, in case any help is needed. Thereafter, he took the driver into custody and charged him for refusing a passenger, releasing him only when he paid the fine.
Murli reached home and wrote an email to Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria after taking down his email ID from the Mumbai Police website. In her letter, she detailed how the constable had helped her in time of need. After reading about the incident, Maria rewarded Chandne on Wednesday with Rs 2,000 cash, and also added a good entry against the constable's name, which is counted as an act of bravery. The Sahar police, meanwhile, are in the process of taking legal action against the driver.
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