There was fierce fighting among women employees of taxi companies for boarding passengers at Mana Airport in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. After the video of the fight surfaced, the police registered FIRs from both the parties and arrested 8 accused.
When the passengers arrived outside the airport on Tuesday evening, there was a dispute between the girls to make them board the vehicles of their respective companies. The dispute that started with an altercation escalated into a fight. It rained kicks and punches from both sides for about half an hour. All five girls attacked together.
Some people present on the spot made a video of the entire ruckus and uploaded it on social media. It is clearly visible that the girls are wearing yellow T-shirts with Rahul Travels written on them. Five girls working in the same travels attacked a girl from another company together.
All five formed a circle and then held the girl by her hair and beat her severely. Meanwhile, the victim kept trying to save herself. Another girl was also seen trying to intervene. 8 accused arrested after FIR
As soon as information about the incident was received, the police reached the spot and pacified the matter. On the complaint of both the parties, the police have registered an FIR and arrested 8 accused. The people seen in the video have been identified as Aishwarya Tarak, Pooja Sahu, Sushmita, Subhash Mishra of WTI Travels and Preeti Burman, Ameesha Burman, Manisha Yadav and Anju Burman of Rahul Travels. There have been many controversies in the past as well.
In the beginning of September this year, a video of a fight between Raipur Airport taxi association members and private cab operators had gone viral. In which the police arrested three people. Even after this, incidents of fighting over passenger seating are not stopping.
License of Rahul Travels is canceled
Regarding the dispute between private taxis and cab operators, Raipur Airport Authority Director Praveen Jain said that the license of a company named Rahul Travels has been canceled and the matter is going on in the court. Information about the dispute between the taxi drivers was given to the police. This time senior police officers were also informed.