Owing to the lockdown, a financially-strapped auto rickshaw driver in Pune had almost given up on life when people helped change his fate
In the month of November, a video was doing the rounds on social media groups in Pune about an auto-rickshaw driver who was on his way to “abandon” his parents.
Shivaji Kamble, a resident of Manjri area in Hadapsar, was seen leaving his parents in Alandi, a pilgrim site, about 30 km from his residence. The video was shot by onlookers in the area when they suspected Shivaji was leaving without his parents.
The locals confronted Shivaji, where he admitted to dropping his parents off for a visit but promised to return later. However, the locals bullied him and forced him to take his parents home. The person shooting the video mentioned that Shivaji was a member of Nana Kshirsagar Rickshaw Sanghatna (union).
The video was circulated across social media and reached Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of the Maharashtra Kamgar Sabha — the…