India, July 11 -- Ride-hailing platforms like Uber are once again in the crosshairs of the Maharashtra government. This time, it is for the bus aggregator service.

A week after Maharashtra transport minister Pratap Sarnaik posed as a rider and found lapses in bike taxi ban in Mumbai, he now reportedly announced a crackdown on Uber Shuttle and other aggregator bus operators for not securing a licence for the service from the government.

The Times of India reported that the minister said that strict actions will also be taken against senior RTO officials responsible for "not taking action" against bike taxis and aggregator buses that are illegally operating in the city.

Besides Uber Shuttle, aggregator bus operator Cityflo also came unde...