India, Oct. 25 -- justify;">A man who arrived in Bengaluru on an overnight bus found himself caught in an auto-rickshaw fare scam near the busy Silk Board Junction. Amid light drizzle, an auto driver approached the passenger, demanding twice the standard fare for a short trip. After a brief negotiation, both agreed on a fare, one and a half times higher than the meter charge.

The journey, however, soon took a suspicious turn. The auto's meter started at Rs.25 but did not display the distance covered, as per a post shared by a Reddit user. Initially, the passenger assumed there might have been a recent fare revision. Moments later, he noticed the fare increasing rapidly, by one or two rupees every second, raising doubts about the meter's ...