The Print on MSN

Indians are using a Chinese app to shut down e-rickshaws. It’s the latest social media prank

Videos demonstrating ‘tirri control’ have gone viral on Instagram and YouTube. Creators are filming themselves shutting down ...
India Today on MSN

2 apps used to turn off e-rickshaws taken down after prank videos go viral

Viral videos showed people using smartphone apps to remotely switch off moving e-rickshaws, triggering safety concerns and ...

Government Directs App Stores to Remove Malicious Apps Used to Disrupt E-Rickshaw Operations: Report

One of the apps has over 1 lakh downloads on Google’s Play Store The app was published by a China-based tech firm Apple and Google have yet to delist the apps ...

‘Tirri prank’ trend: E-rickshaw shutdown videos spark security concerns over battery apps

A viral social media trend dubbed the "tirri prank" has raised concerns after users remotely shut down e-rickshaws using ...

Switching off e-rickshaw via Chinese app: 'Prank' could cost you ₹5 lakh & 3 years in jail

In many cases, the rickshaws stop in the middle of busy roads, forcing drivers to push them manually or attempt repeated ...
The Financial Express

Government pulls e-rickshaw shutdown apps from app store

Following viral social media videos of moving e-rickshaws being abruptly shut down via Bluetooth, MeitY has scrubbed the BAT BMS, Lossigy, and Epoch Li-ion applications from major mobile app ...

What’s the Chinese app that Indian govt is probing for dangerous e-rickshaw ‘pranks’?

Several viral videos showed pranksters remotely switching off moving e-rickshaws in India using a Chinese app, BAT-BMS.