MUMBAI, July 20 -- The police have registered an FIR against the directors of ride-sharing company Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited for allegedly operating an illegal bike taxi aggregator service under the Rapido brand. The case was registered after six regional transport office (RTO) officers in Mumbai booked bike taxis on Rapido recently, after learning that the company was illegally offering the service. "We have registered a case against the directors of Rapido under sections 223 (disobedience of lawful orders) and 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act," said a police officer from the Amboli police station. The FIR was registered based on a complaint lodged by Harshal Sose, 41, an inspector at the Mumbai West RTO in Andheri. HT had reported on July 4 about Maharashtra transport commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar directing RTOs to crack down on bike taxis across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as companies such as Rapido, Ola and Uber were ferrying passengers without obtaining mandatory permits. The order came a day after state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik, under an alias, booked a Rapido bike taxi from Mantralaya to Dadar to expose the platform's illegal operations. While the state government recently legalised bike taxis, operators can only use electric two-wheelers and need proper licences, including yellow commercial number plates. These regulations prohibit the pooling of non-transport vehicles by aggregators to ensure the safety of passengers. However, platforms such as Rapido have allegedly flouted these regulations. HT reached out to Rapido but didn't receive a response....