LUCKNOW, June 19 -- A traffic sub-inspector (SI) was placed under suspension after a viral video showing him collapsing at a roadside pottery shop in Gomti Nagar. The action was taken after the SI was found to be under the influence of liquor in a departmental inquiry and medical examination, authorities said on Thursday.

"Traffic sub-inspector Dharmendra Singh was posted on duty in Gomti Nagar. After he was found unconscious on duty, a preliminary probe was conducted by the assistant commissioner of police, traffic (east), and he was sent for a medical examination. After the report confirmed that Singh was under the influence of intoxicants (alcohol) on duty, he was suspended with immediate effect for indiscipline and dereliction of dut...