India, Jan. 2 -- AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday criticised the Ghaziabad police over a viral video showing an officer using a device to 'test' a man's nationality and called it a clear example of hatred and communal bias.

The controversy erupted after a video circulated on social media showing a senior police officer in Ghaziabad placing what appeared to be a smartphone on the back of a man and declaring that he was "from Bangladesh."

The police later said the incident took place during a "routine area domination exercise" in a slum cluster.

Owaisi took to X to share an HT report titled 'Ghaziabad cop uses device to 'test' man's nationality, tells him he is 'from Bangladesh'; inquiry ordered' and wrote, "The same device shoul...