The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has filed a case at Nehru Nagar police station against Roppen Transport Pvt Ltd (Rapido) for allegedly operating illegal bike taxi services in Mumbai, despite a government ban. According to the police, Motor Vehicle Inspectors Manisha Ashok More and Vikas Sampat Lohkare conducted a decoy operation late on Tuesday night in Nehru Nagar and Kurla.

Using the office driver Shankar Babar, they booked three bike rides from Nehru Nagar to Sion Hospital through the Rapido app to test the legality of the service. Subsequently, three vehicles reached as per the bookings, and they were fined R10,000 under Sections 66 and 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which mandate that all transport vehicles have a valid permit to operate in public places, and Section 142 (permanent disablement).