'Will Drag Him, Break His Bones': Auto Driver Scams, Threatens Foreign Tourist In Kolkata

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 17:57 IST

Tourist Dustin was harassed by an autorickshaw operator and accomplice successful Kolkata, scammed with a incorrect edifice and higher fares. He filmed and shared it connected YouTube.

The tourer besides underlined that Uber charges determination betwixt Rs 500 to Rs 600 for the aforesaid route. (Image: YouTube/Meet Dustin )

A overseas tourer precocious became a people of harassment by an autorickshaw operator and his accomplice successful Kolkata. The tourer and question contented creator, identified arsenic Dustin, had arrived successful India to research the Indian civilization and places. After landing successful the city, helium had an brushwood with the 2 men who allegedly scammed him. The contented creator filmed the full occurrence and uploaded connected YouTube.

The nine-minute video was titled “Taxi Driver successful Kolkata Tried to Cheat and Threaten Me."

After arriving successful the city, Dustin was enroute Hotel Great Western successful Park Street. Dustin opted to instrumentality a section taxi alternatively of booking a cab done an app.

He claimed that helium had informed the cab operator astir the Hotel Great Western successful Park Street. However, the operator took him 15 km successful the other direction, towards a antithetic edifice which was acold from his existent destination.

“I showed you the edifice first, we agreed to this, and past you took maine to the incorrect hotel," Dustin could beryllium heard saying to the operator successful the now-viral video.

Initially, the operator asked for Rs 700 for the travel and erstwhile Dustin refused to wage for being dropped successful the incorrect driblet location, the cabbie confessed his mistake but hiked the fare, saying, “Okay, sir, it volition beryllium Rs 900 to Park Street now." Dustin firmly said helium would lone wage the primitively agreed Rs 700.

They had an statement implicit the fare. A fewer moments aboriginal different operator wearing a reddish garment entered the country and sat beside the archetypal driver. Things soon took a crook erstwhile helium tried to interfere.

When Dustin explained the concern to different driver, the antheral successful reddish asked for Rs 1000 and uttered successful Bengali to the driver, “I person connections with the mafia, I’ll resistance him to a lonely spot and interruption his bones." The menace was caught connected camera.

The 2 drivers past persuaded Dustin to instrumentality different cab headed to Park Street. But earlier helium could leave, the antheral successful reddish demanded an other Rs 100 for “parking and petrol," bringing the full fare to Rs 800.

“I should’ve been astatine the edifice by now, but I’ll astir apt beryllium successful this taxi for an hr and 30 minutes," said Dustin arsenic helium continued to grounds his video.

“From this constituent guardant I volition ne'er usage random taxi drivers from the airport, ever Uber. I didn’t program to marque immoderate videos from the airdrome arsenic I was already bushed from travelling," helium wrote successful his caption.

" However, erstwhile the taxi operator brought maine to the incorrect edifice aft I showed him the close code and determination connected the representation I started film. At the time, I didn’t recognize what helium was saying and had my person translate, helium said it was beauteous messed up. We agreed to 700 beforehand including the parking summons and arsenic you tin spot successful the video the prices kept changing," helium further wrote successful caption.

He besides underlined that Uber charges determination betwixt Rs 500 to Rs 600 for the aforesaid route. “I agreed to Rs 700 for convenience, but this is conscionable excessively much," helium said.

“I’ve had a large clip successful India truthful far. This won’t marque maine hatred the country, it’s conscionable thing you woody with successful taxis and airports successful galore places," helium added.

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