India, May 17 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday said it had fished out a sofa dumped in the Dahisar River, allegedly by the Mumbai police, and appealed to all citizens to refrain from disposing of garbage or solid waste into drains.

The civic body stepped in after a viral video on social media showed what appeared to be police officers dumping a yellow sofa into the Dahisar River. The sofa was earlier disposed of under a bridge near the Dahisar fire brigade.

According to a post on X by @citizens_speak, the Mumbai police threw the sofa into the river after receiving a complaint about it being dumped under the bridge by "some irresponsible citizen."

The BMC's official X handle replied to the post, saying it had ad...