The Mumbai Police on Thursday ordered an inquiry into a video showing a police officer allegedly threatening student protesters with false drug cases if they returned to continue their agitation, an official said.
The widely shared video alleges that a police driver warned the students they would be implicated in fabricated narcotics cases and made to spend the rest of their lives in jail if they participated in further protests.
A probe has been ordered into the episode, said an official.
“After verifying the facts, the driver concerned has been removed from his present posting till the completion of the inquiry,” the official added.
Mumbai has been witnessing protests in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party-led students’ agitation in New Delhi.
(With inputs from PTI)