Claiming he did his job as an alert citizen, Uber driver Rohit Singh Gaur, who reported Jaipur-based poet Bappadittya Sarkar to Santacruz police, for his alleged 'ab toh desh jalne wala hai' remark, handed over the audio recording of Sarkar's phone conversation to the Anti-Terrorism Cell (ATC) for further investigation.

Speaking to mid-day, Gaur said, "I am a part-time Uber driver and I usually drive in the evenings. I got the booking at Silver Beach around 10.15 pm and picked up Sarkar from there. I was driving towards Kurla when he started talking on the phone and discussing something related to the ongoing Shaheen Bagh protest. So, initially, I thought he was returning from one such protest, but wasn't suspicious of the way he was dressed."