India, April 16 -- A marketing stunt, showing a human hand dangling from the trunk of a moving car, created panic near Sanpada railway station in Navi Mumbai on Monday. The bizarre stunt ultimately led to four people getting booked for negligent driving and misuse of the vehicle. A video of the unsettling sight quickly went viral on social media.

The incident, which occurred on Monday evening along the service road adjacent to the Sanpada railway station, was brought to the attention of Navi Mumbai Police after residents, alarmed by the video, feared a dead body was being transported. "A friend recorded the video, fearing it could be a corpse. We immediately informed the police," said Sudip Gholap, a resident of Belapur.

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