Three college students were booked after a video of them performing a stunt in a moving car in Navi Mumbai went viral on social media, officials said on Wednesday.
The incident took place on Palm Beach
Road at around 8.30 pm on Monday. The students were detained after the video surfaced on social media.
In the viral video, recorded by an unknown driver on Palm Beach Road (Vashi lane) between Sarsole Signal and Moraj Signal in Sanpada, one man is seen leaning out of the car’s open sunroof while it was moving. Another man was sitting on the edge of the backseat window, with the upper half of his body outside. Later, the woman who was originally driving the car switched seats with her friend and leaned out of the sunroof herself while her friend drove, Times of India reported.
A top police official said that the cops traced the vehicle’s owner to Sector 20, Belapur Village using the registration number.
“It was learnt that the car owner’s son, Hari Gholpe (20), was driving the vehicle. He was accompanied by his friends Vinay Rawal (19), a Sanpada resident, and Kavya Joshi (20), residing in Nerul. While Gholpe dangerously leaned out of the moving car’s window, Rawal leaned out through the sunroof, while Joshi was at the wheel. Thereafter, Joshi took a turn to perform a stunt by leaning out of the sunroof while one of her friends drove the car,” Devidas Kathale, Senior Inspector of Sanpada, was quoted as saying by the outlet.
The three students were booked under relevant sections of the BNS for rash driving and for activities endangering human life. Motor Vehicle Act was also slapped against them for “dangerous driving”, according to the report.
The accused were not arrested as per the provisions of the law; however, they were served with a notice under BNSS, asking them to cooperate in the police probe and appear in court whenever summoned.
