Mumbai: Five held for shooting video that shows ‘cop’ asking for money

MUMBAI: Making a TikTok video that shows a “policeman” stopping an auto and asking for money has led to the arrest of five Bandra (east) youths. Avinash Varma (26), Jalim Siddiqui(20), Salman Shaikh (22), Sajid Shaikh (24) and Nafeez Ansari (28) were arrested on Monday for not only violation of the Covid-19 lockdown and prohibitory orders but also criminal defamation.


On Sunday, the police had arrested two youths, Mohammed Shaikh (24) and Asif Shaikh (19), for recording TikTok videos in Dongri that the police said insulted them. Both were paraded across Bhendi Bazaar.