Taking serious cognisance of the series of reports in mid-day on Uber's blunders and accidents, state transport minister Diwakar Raote called a high-level meeting on Friday to discuss the issue. The meeting at Sahyadri Guesthouse, Malabar Hill, was attended by Principal Secretary (Transport) Ashish Kumar Singh, Joint Transport Commissioner P V Mahajan, and other senior government officials.

mid-day's reports
Raote became increasingly agitated as he went through the set of reports in mid-day about 35-year-old Tanzila Shaikh who died after the Uber car she was in crashed at Bhandup on June 14, 2018, and Uber washing its hands off the case. The driver, Inderjeet Singh Bhatti, too, was let off with a mere fine. Raote also took cognizance of two other reports in mid-day highlighting the condition of Reza Abid Ali, who has been comatose for the last 620 days after an Uber accident, as well as of the Malad resident who was left standing by an Uber driver, who had switched on the ride and billed the hapless passenger despite not ferrying him. The minister has directed transport officials to take serious action against the drivers concerned under the Motor Vehicle Act.