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“During our pro-active drive and after responding to complaints, we apprehended 1,991 auto drivers and suspended 355 permits,” he said. MUMBAI: Five autorickshaw drivers are booked on an average every week for rigged electronic meters in the eastern and western suburbs, according to latest statistics released by the state transport department. They are even caught on CCTV cameras, but there has been no police action till date.”A senior transport official said checks against unscrupulous drivers are conducted regularly. This inflates reading by at 30-40%, said an auto union leader. Alarmed by the high number of cases, commuter rights activists said this is an indicator that ‘ghoda’ meters are back.Statistics showed that nearly 2,000 auto drivers were booked for various offences, of which 107 were caught with tampered meters in the past five months.“When electronic meters were introduced a few years back, we presumed that tampering was not possible..