India, June 22 -- An engineer has alleged that two teenagers visiting Bengaluru for the first time were threatened and extorted by an auto driver, who allegedly demanded Rs.3,000 for a ride and later forced them to pay Rs.2,400 after taking them to an isolated spot.

The claims were made by an X user who goes by the name Sanu. In the post, he wrote, "Bangalore auto walas are brutal to innocent people!" before narrating the ordeal of two young boys from a village who had arrived at Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) railway station hoping to travel onward to Hosur.

According to Sanu, the two boys, aged around 16-18 years, asked an auto driver to take them to a bus stand from where they could catch a bus to Hosur. The driver allegedly agre...