MUNNAR: The police arrested two taxi drivers who threatened a Mumbai native who had come to visit Kerala. The Munnar police arrested Vinayakan and Vijayakumar, both natives of Munnar.

Jhanvi, an assistant professor from Mumbai, arrived in Munnar on October 30. She was threatened by local taxi drivers in Munnar after she chose an online taxi service over them. A video shared by Jhanvi herself on October 31 about the incident went viral. The police then registered a suo motu case. Sections like forced detention and threats were charged against the taxi drivers.

Jhanvi and her friends visited Kochi and Alappuzha in a taxi booked online. Later, when they reached Munnar in the same vehicle, the taxi drivers stopped saying that online taxis were not allowed to enter the hill station. Despite r

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