PERNEM: A Russian national driving a taxi was caught red handed by the local taximen at Arambol. With the registration of Haryana, the taxi business was run by a Delhi based lawyer and is being operated by Russian nationals. When intercepted by locals and Mandrem Police, the taxi driver did not possess any badge or taxi uniform to which the locals taxi drivers were infuriated as they are often get fined for not following rules.
Locals stated that Russians even run rent a car and rent a bike without any licences and charge huge sums to whoever hires these vehicles from them especially those who stay in hotels. They also stated that they operate through Telegram app to solicit customers