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A 50-year-old taxi operator has been arrested for allegedly charging a U.S. tourer a whopping ₹18,000 successful what whitethorn person been the astir costly 400-metre thrust done the Mumbai traffic, constabulary said connected Friday (January 30, 2026).
The constabulary connected Tuesday (January 27) apprehended Deshraj Yadav, who allegedly picked up the tourer from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and dropped her disconnected astatine a five-star edifice adjacent the facility, an authoritative said.
The incidental came to airy aft the tourer took to societal media to stock her acquisition astir her costly thrust successful the city.
"Landed successful Mumbai precocious and took a taxi to @HiltonHotels. The operator and different feline took america to an chartless determination first, charged america $200 (₹18,000), and past dropped america astatine the hotel, which was lone 400m away. Taxi No: MH 01 BD 5405," Argentina Ariano (@ArgentinaAriano) wrote successful a station connected X.
The constabulary swung into action, registering a suo motu FIR earlier this week and nabbed Yadav wrong 3 hours. The overseas national, however, could not beryllium contacted, the authoritative said.
A probe revealed that the accused took the pistillate for a 20-minute thrust astir Andheri East earlier returning to the aforesaid country and dropping her disconnected astatine the hotel, wherever helium collected the inflated fare, helium said, adding that a hunt is underway for Yadav's accomplice.
A lawsuit has been registered against Yadav nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the process has been initiated to cancel his driving licence, the authoritative said.
