Archive · 20 May 2025
Kolkata Police Arrest Nine for Taxi Touting at Airport
Imagine you arrive at an airport and some people offer you a taxi ride.
These people, called touts, try to charge you a lot more than the normal price.
They might even threaten you if you don't agree!
The police in Kolkata noticed this happening at the airport.
They received complaints from travelers and decided to take action.
Over the weekend, they arrested nine of these touts who were causing trouble.
The police are working to stop this and keep travelers safe from being tricked or scared.
Bidhannagar City Police arrested nine people.
The arrests took place at Kolkata airport.
Passengers reported being overcharged and threatened by touts.
Touts demanded inflated fares and allegedly threatened passengers.
The police are working to stop illegal taxi touting.
- Who
- Bidhannagar City Police and nine taxi touts
- What
- Arrests of nine individuals for illegal touting activities
- When
- Last weekend
- Where
- Kolkata airport
- Why
- To address complaints of inflated fares and threats by touts
Passengers
Touts
Fair Pricing
Passengers
Passengers were allegedly threatened and overcharged by touts.
Touts
Touts demand inflated fares, potentially using intimidation.
- Location
- Kolkata Airport
- Offense
- Illegal touting and threatening passengers
- Number of Arrests
- 9
- Arrested Individuals
- Biki Shaw, Jayanta Saha, Suraj Das, Amar Naskar, Biplab Adhikary, Samsuddin Molla, Chanchal Naskar, Dipak Ghosh, Raju Saha
- Police Department
- Bidhannagar City Police