Traffic rules are not the only law broken by some of Mumbai's crooked autorickshaw drivers. The authorities, while conducting background checks on the city's auto and taxi drivers, found one who has been wanted for three years for attempting to kidnap a Japanese tourist.

The background checks started after mid-day published a series of reports on how auto and taxi drivers harass commuters. The Mumbai crime branch arrested Mohmmad Rashid alias Papad Farooq Mujawar alias Shaikh, a 29-year-old auto driver from Ghatkopar, for allegedly attempting to abduct a Japanese national in 2016.