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Birthday reel gone wrong: Mumbai man arrested for setting Goregaon road on fire for social media
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Birthday reel gone wrong: Mumbai man arrested for setting Goregaon road on fire for social media

The Indian Express·Trends Desk·6 months ago
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The Goregaon police registered an FIR against the man under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

To create a “unique” social media reel for his 33rd birthday, an automobile dealer allegedly set fire to a stretch of public road in Mumbai’s Goregaon area, prompting his arrest after photos of the act went viral .

The accused, identified as Fahad Sheikh, allegedly poured petrol on a road outside a residential society on April 25 and set it afire in the shape of the number “33”, marking his age, a police officer said, as per ThePrint .

According to a Times of India report, the incident was brought to the attention of the Goregaon police by journalists late on April 25 through a post on X. They tagged the Mumbai police in their post with photos of the incident.…

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