Madhya Pradesh: Youths brandish pistols in TikTok video, land in jail

Nov 20, 2019, 12:12 PM IST

Mandsaur: Malhargarh Police arrested two youths for uploading a video on TikTok wherein they can be seen brandishing a gun.

The accused- Rahul and Kanhaiya uploaded a TikTok video where they can be seen riding a bike and brandishing a pistol. After the video went viral, the police were pressed into action to arrest the two accused.

Dilip Rajaoria, Malhargarh police station in-charge said, "We found this video on social media but were unable to ascertain the exact location where it was shot. A colleague of mine told me that the railing shown in the video was of our police station area. We also found that the name Rahul written on the hand of the person brandishing the pistol. Hours later, we nabbed them."

He further said that along with the pistol, Police also recovered three live cartridges from the accused. The Police have also confiscated the motorcycle used in the video.