Six youths nabbed for performing perilous stunts on bikes
Madurai City Police have arrested six youths for performing dangerous motorcycle stunts and sharing videos of the acts on social media. The police seized the vehicles and imposed fines under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Why it matters
This reflects increasing law enforcement efforts to curb dangerous social media trends that threaten public safety.
Six youths who performed dangerous stunts on bike and uploaded those videos on social media were nabbed by Madurai City Police.
The police said that the youths had uploaded some videos of wheeling on motorbikes. The riders had not used helmets while performing dangerous stunts.
Based on the video footage, Madurai City Commissioner of Police, S. Rajenthiran, ordered a probe into the incident.
The police arrested M. Nagaraj (20) of Alangulam and Alagumanickam (20).
Other arrested persons were Mohan Kumar (20) of Ilamanur, Vivek (20) of North Masi Street, Kapilesh (19) of Karuppayoorani and Nanda (22) of South Gate.
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