Ghaziabad: YouTuber Prince Dixit was apprehended by Delhi Police after a video of his and his friend went viral and the cops took cognisance of the same.
During interrogation, the YouTuber revealed that the video was shot on November 16, 2022 for his birthday, stated news agency ANI.
In a viral video, shot on National Highway 24, a group of people on several cars were seen recording videos in the middle of the road while performing stunt. Several men were seen celebrating from their car sunroof's while few others were out from the windows of their moving cars. One of the cars has a BJP flag on it.
It is visible from their body language and style that these men are merely showing off their cars and apparent power with their huge group. They stop in the middle of the road at one point and celebrate as well. Several men from this group were seated on their car roof while recording each other with absolutely no regard for law and order.
At one point the tarffic come to a halt after all of these cars in the group stop. There's absolute chaos on the streets as they celebrated birthday.
The Delhi police took cognisance in the matter after a video of the incident went viral on social media on Wednesday. Some of these cars also had Delhi number plate. The Delhi police wrote, "Cognizance of the matter has been taken. We are inquiring into it to identify the offenders & to get the details of the time of incident. Appropriate legal action shall be taken against the offenders. DM us to identify the offenders. Your anonymity shall be maintained."
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In recent times, several vehicles performing stunt on the road of UP have gone viral on social media. Many of these violators have been punished with penalty too. Even after this, there seems to be no regard in the minds of these youngsters for the rule of law.
Celebration is good. But what is witnessed in this video is absolutely unacceptable conduct in public place that too in the middle of the busy roads.
Twitterati tries to help Delhi Police
Twitterati has even responded to Delhi Police's appeal and posted several screenshots from the video trying to help them out with car numberplate and other details.
Gautam Buddh Nagar car stunt
In a video shared on Twitter earlier this month, a man was seen involving himself in a road stunt in Gautam Buddh Nagar. It was a UP-registered car on which the man was flaunting his muscles and waving in the air. He was seated on the moving car's bonnet.
Taking cognisance of the video after it went viral, the Gautam Buddh Nagar police stated they have investigated the matter and taken action. A challan of 26,000 INR was levied on the miscreant along with the suspension of RC and driving license, the police team informed on Twitter. Officials had seized the vehicle and the man was produced in court abiding by section 151 of the CrPC.
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