Flyers stranded as taxis halt services to and from Bengaluru airport after driver’s suicide

BENGALURU: Flyers were stranded outside the Kempegowda International Airport since early Wednesday as all taxi services stopped operations. This was to express solidarity with a state-run taxi driver who passed away this morning at a hospital after his suicide bid on Tuesday. The state transport corporation is running additional Vayu Vajra buses to and from the airport to assist passengers.

Upset over the dip in his income due to fewer trips being operated, Pratap, 35, of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) immolated himself inside his car in the ‘Arrivals’ pick-up point outside the airport on Tuesday evening. He was admitted in a critical condition in Victoria Hospital and succumbed to his burns at 1.45 am on Wednesday.