The Odisha Crime Branch has directed Uber and Rapido to discontinue bike taxi services operating through private, non-transport two-wheelers in the state, citing alleged violations of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and the Odisha On-demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Guidelines, 2023. In a letter dated November 10, 2026, addressed to the Transport Commissioner-cum-Chairman of the State Transport Authority (STA), the Crime Branch stated that the matter had been examined based on special enforcement.