Despite frequent crackdowns by the traffic police and other authorities, the menace of the auto mafia in BKC shows no signs of abating. Auto drivers here don't just overcharge, but have now also started looting passengers after luring them into their vehicles by offering to drop them at the nearest station in a share auto.

On April 7, around 8 pm, Bhur Singh Rajput, 24, a Kurla resident, was robbed by an auto driver and his two accomplices. Speaking to mid-day, Rajput who works as a delivery person for a hardware company, said, "I had picked up some hardware products and had to deliver them to a shop. That day, I was standing near MTNL in BKC when I got a call from a client from Bandra West who asked me to come and meet him. I spotted an auto close by and asked those sitting inside if it was a share-auto and the driver said yes."