Mumbai policeman suspended for threatening to implicate students in drug case

“Mumbai Police have ordered an inquiry into the matter and action will be taken after verifying the facts,” the official said. The policeman, Pawan Sangle, has been removed from his posting pending the inquiry.

In the video, Sangle, a Mumbai Police driver, is seen warning students that he would plant packets of drugs in their pockets. One of the detained students recorded the video in a police van after they were picked up from a protest site and uploaded on social media.

Opposition parties accused the police of intimidating students protesting in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra over the exam irregularities and demanding the Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.