>>A couple of them were "for hire" drivers Most of them are that way. Most cops are into this business, its getting impossible to invest black cash in a meanin

>>A couple of them were "for hire" drivers Most of them are that way. Most cops are into this business, its getting impossible to invest black cash in a meaningful way. There are now capital controls in every investment. Want to buy gold, land, mutual funds, whatever? Get ready to submit you PAN and Aadhar. So they can't spend money that way. At very same time, they can't sit on cash, because inflation. They generally buy the vehicle in a relative's name, with black cash(Huge second hand market for this). And do this cab business. Most drivers are poor ex-farm workers. So they take whatever they get. The last time I heard from a auto rickshaw driver, more or less every cop in Bangalore has something like this going.