India, July 24 -- KANPUR A grand procession and fireworks marked a 'VIP welcome' for an accused in an attempt-to-murder case, Rahul Rajput alias 'Nannu', as soon as he was released on bail. Videos of the celebration on Monday evening, which went viral on social media, purportedly show a convoy of two dozen luxury cars and over 200 motorcycles escorting the accused from jail, causing disruption in traffic on VIP Road and other routes.

The incident forced the Kanpur police to lodge an FIR. SHO (Kotwali) Jagdish Pandey confirmed that sub-inspector Ravi Sharma lodged an FIR against Rahul Rajput and 40 unidentified people under various sections of BNS.

"Through video footage and other sources, we are identifying the individuals involved. Str...