Goa, April 19 -- An interesting news story is coming from Bengaluru, where a 25-year-old goods vehicle driver named Prashanth, also known as Prasha or Simbu, was arrested for creating a viral social media reel that caused a public nuisance. In the video, shared on April 12 from his Instagram account 'simbu_star_143,' which has nearly 13,000 followers, Prashanth is seen sitting on a swivel office chair in the middle of Silver Jubilee Park Road (popularly known as SJP Road) and casually sipping tea while obstructing traffic.

The Bengaluru City Police's social media monitoring wing spotted the reel and alerted the local police, who initially filed a non-cognisable report (NCR) and later registered an FIR against him under Section 270 of the...