Mumbai Police driver removed after video of him allegedly threatening to plant drugs on protesters

The Mumbai Police on Thursday ordered an inquiry and removed a police driver from his post after a video showed him allegedly threatening youth protesters by saying he would “plant 50 grams of powder” on them, The Hindu reported.

The police said that “action will be taken after verifying the facts”. The police driver, who was posted at the Sion Police Station, has been shifted pending the inquiry, the Maharashtra Home Department said.

In the video, which was widely shared, including by the Cockroach Janta Party, the police driver can be heard warning two young persons against returning to the protest site and threatening to frame them in a drug case.

“If I see you around here again, then it will not be good for you,” he can be heard saying. “I will directly plant 50 grams of powder. Then your life is gone. You won’t get bail. We are in trouble because of you all.”

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