The Delhi police has apprehended a man for making a video that involved burning of a road barricade by the police department and led to major traffic jam on a busy road in the national capital’s Paschim Vihar area.
According to the police on Saturday, “An information regarding severe traffic violation by a modified car (Golden colour) was received through a social media platform-X (formerly twitter) in which a person was seen in a video at main flyover outer ring road, Paschim vihar resulting in blocking the road leading to a heavy traffic jam.”
The offender identified as Pradeep Dhaka, aged 25 years, is a YouTube content uploader and had made these videos for the uploading. However, the police said that he had violated traffic rules and damaged government property.
He has been arrested after a video went viral on social media in which some youth were burning a barricade of Delhi Police to make a reel. An FIR in this regard was registered in Nihal Vihar police station on Friday. Attempts to arrest the other accused are underway.
While sharing the video on X (formerly Twitter), a user, while tagging authorities, wrote, "Viral Video of Youth Halting Traffic on Paschim Vihar Flyover has gone viral Whether to call it a money addiction or a quest for fame, a youth is seen recklessly performing stunts by stopping cars on a flyover in Paschim Vihar, @DelhiPolice @dtptraffic @LtGovDelhi @HMOIndia".
The offending vehicle which is a HI- Lander and costs around Rs 20 Lakhs with the name plate HR 26 FB 5112 has been seized. Further, a hefty penalty of Rs. 36,000 was also issued against violation of traffic rules and regulations by traffic police. “Afterwards, the offending vehicle was impounded u/s 39/112 MV Act, 100.2/177 MV Act, 184MV Act at Police Station Paschim Vihar East,” added the police official.
The police have also requested all content creators to follow traffic rules and obtain proper permission before shooting such videos. In the recent past, many such incidents of traffic violations have emerged including the video of two girls sitting on the back of the scooty indulging in obscene and celebratory gestures, applying colour on each other, in Noida. There was a boy riding the vehicle, all of the three without helmets.
The Noida Police took cognisance of the video and levied a hefty fine of Rs 33,000 on the three youngsters in the video.
“Taking cognisance of the above complaint, action has been taken against the concerned vehicle for violation of traffic rules by issuing e-challan (fine ?33000/-) as per rules,” the Noida Police said on X.
