Ghost prank videos: Seven students arrested in B’luru
Team Udayavani, Nov 12, 2019, 11:09 AM IST
Bengaluru: The city police on Monday, November 11 arrested seven persons after the videos of the pranks they pulled on several homeless residents and commuters went viral on the social media platform.
The arrested are identified as Shaan Nallik (22), Nived (20), Sajeel Mohammed (21), Mohammed Akhyub (20), Saakhib (20), Syed Nabeel (20) and Yousef Ahmed (20).
On Sunday, November 10 night, Shaan Kalik and his friends tried to pull pranks on unsuspecting commuters. While they scared a few of them, an auto driver, whom the group targeted, reported the incident to a beat constable attached with the Soladevanahalli Police Station, who was deployed for duty.
Speaking on the issue DCP North Sashikumar said, “The auto driver was scared. He initially said that there were ghosts on the road. Soon after he complained, several other commuters too complained of a few youths who were pranking commuters. We arrested seven men later in the day after obtaining some CCTV footage. ”
The seven accused have been booked under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 (insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, informed sources.
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