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Social media trends often prompt users to break laws to make videos. Amid several videos showing reckless driving and stunts by youth to film reels, new footage of a man driving his SUV at full speed through a footpath in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad has sparked outrage online.
In the video shared by an X handle @tricitytoday, the man can be seen putting pedestrian life at risk with his stunt. The video was shot from another car. “This Thar is running on the pavement in front of Ghaziabad Indirapuram on NH-9 not due to any compulsion but due to the passion of making reels. Traffic rules can go to hell,” the handle wrote.
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Soon after the video came to light, Ghaziabad police responded swiftly and nabbed the man. The Indirapuram police station has filed a complaint under the relevant sections of the Motor Vehicles Act and has initiated the process to seize the vehicle.
“Taking cognizance of the above case, Indirapuram police station registered a case under relevant sections and initiated action to seize the vehicle shown in the video under the Motor Vehicles Act. Continuous efforts are being made to arrest the concerned driver. Further legal proceedings are underway,” the official handle of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans Hindon) Commissionerate Ghaziabad shared on X.
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Slamming the youth, a user wrote, “What is going on in this country. Everything is happening on the footpath. Vehicles are running on the footpath instead of the road, people are sleeping in huts on the footpath instead of their homes, shops are also running on the footpath.” Another user commented, “No concrete action was taken on the previous challan, this time too they will issue the challan and let them go, this boosts their morale.”
Last month, a video of two boys performing a dangerous scooter stunt in Bengaluru stirred up attention on social media, triggering a backlash.
