Auto-driver booked in Bengaluru for racial abuse of Northeast

Bengaluru: An auto-driver was booked in Bengaluru for racially abusing a girl from Northeast in the city`s Lavelle road area, after the two got into an argument over fare.

The argument started when the auto driver demanded double fare, to which the victim girl and her friend objected.

During the course of heated exchange of words, the auto-driver is said to have used racially offensive words.

The victim girl has filed an FIR at the Koramangla Police Station.