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Tamil Nadu: Man Sets Electric Bike On Fire After Getting Irked Over Poor Service

After setting the bike on fire, Prithviraj also shared the picture on social media.

Chennai: A man from Tamil Nadu poured petrol and set his electric bike on fire in Chennai on Tuesday. The man who was facing battery issues since April 15 tried calling helpline numbers and emailing to support system but he got a response only on April 26 so irked by the poor response he set his bike on fire.

A physiotherapist from Ambur, Prithviraj said, "This is the 4th time I'm complaining about the e-bike. There was 20% charge but suddenly got to 0% and now I'm standing in the middle of the road for assistance."

"I'm frequently getting an error and request to reboot but once I do so the charge comes to 0%" he said.

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"I have one option and that's if I spend two litres of petrol to fire my bike I'll get a permanent solution so that I'll not be disturbing you and I'll be free from stress," he said.



Later, Prithviraj set his bike on fire and shared the picture of the bike set ablaze on social media.

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Talking to Times of India, Prithvraj said, after the tweet started going viral a service engineer called and requested to not give any interviews to the media. He also promised to replace the e-bike. 

However, he said that he clearly mentioned that his association with the company is over yet the team said they'll deliver a new bike tonight.

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