India · Updated 26 Oct, 05:23 pm IST
Pune Police ask Google and Apple to remove Rapido app over bike taxi operations
Why it matters for readers: If you use Rapido, this explains why its app access or bike services in Pune might be suspended.
- Pune Police sent communications to Google and Apple asking them to remove the Rapido app from their app stores.1
- An FIR was registered against Rapido’s parent entity, Roppen Transportation Services Pvt Ltd, for allegedly operating bike taxis without required licences.1
- Pune district collector and RTA chairperson Jitendra Dudi had directed Rapido to suspend bike taxi operations in Pune district until it secured an e-bike taxi aggregator licence.1
- Rapido’s application for permission to operate bike taxis remains pending with the transport department, according to reports.1
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