Mumbai BJP chief honours cab driver who took man to police over anti-CAA talk

New Delhi: Mumbai BJP President Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Saturday conferred ‘Alert Citizen Award’ to the cab driver who drove a passenger to the police station after overhearing the latter’s conversation about anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protest.

The incident had occured earlier this week, when Uber cab driver, Rohit Singh, took his passenger, 23-year-old activist Bappaditya Sarkar to a police station in the city.

Mumbai BJP Pres MP Lodha felicitates Uber driver who took his passenger to Santa Cruz police station instead of the destination, after he heard him make a phone conversation over anti-CAA protest on 5th Feb. Police had recorded statements of both but found nothing suspicious. pic.twitter.com/9EHx2UyObH

— ANI (@ANI) February 8, 2020

The police recorded the statements of the two but did not find anything suspicious and therefore let them go. Sarkar, a resident of Rajasthan’s Jaipur, was visiting a friend in Kurla area. Police questioned him for almost two hours.

Driver cited detour but took poet to police

The cab driver told the passenger that he would be taking a detour for withdrawing money from an ATM. Instead, he took Sarkar to Santacruz Police Station.

रोहित गौर…. नागरिकता संशोधन कानून के खिलाफ राष्ट्र विरोधी षड्यंत्र कर रहे उबर टैक्सी यात्री को जिन्होंने पुलिस को सौंपा। रोहित गौर को सांताक्रुज पुलिस थाने में बुलाकर मुंबई की जनता की ओर से उनका अभिनंदन किया एवं अलर्ट सिटिज़न अवार्ड से सम्मानित किया। pic.twitter.com/hct3ReNjgK

— Mangal Prabhat Lodha (@MPLodha) February 8, 2020

According to police, the driver told them that the passenger was anti-national and was talking about dividing the country and could turn out to be a danger for society.

After a thread on the incident went viral on social media platform Twitter, the Mumbai Police and Uber India took cognizance of the matter. (ANI)