LUCKNOW, Feb. 3 -- A viral video purportedly showing bikers being fined while taking shelter under a foot overbridge during heavy rain in Lucknow has sparked criticism on social media, with users accusing police of insensitivity and acting to facilitate VVIP movement.

However, police denied issuing challans and claimed that the bikers were being asked to move for security reasons ahead of a scheduled VIP movement.

The clip, reportedly shot near Jiamau in Gomti Nagar on Tuesday, shows police personnel clicking photographs of two-wheelers parked along the roadside as commuters sought temporary shelter from sudden rainfall. The visuals gave rise to claims that challans were being issued to bikers who had stopped under the foot overbridge t...