Mumbai: A 33-year-old automobile dealer has been arrested by Goregaon police after he poured petrol on the road and set it on fire for creating a social media reel for a birthday. Police have booked him under provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The incident was brought to the notice of the police through a post on X by journalists late on April 25. They tagged the Mumbai police in their post which had photos of the incident.
Police reached the location shortly, around 12.05 am, at Ram Mandir Road in Goregaon West. Police said the act of pouring an inflammable liquid on the road and setting it ablaze posed considerable risk to life and safety of others.
An FIR was subsequently registered by Goregaon police.