Dhaka, April 16 -- Police have detained a young man caught extorting a car in Dhaka's Dhanmondi in a viral video.

Once the video went viral, the youth was taken into the custody of the Dhanmondi Police Station after a raid in the Jigatala area around 1:00 am on Wednesday.

The detainee was identified as 23-year-old Md Ashraful, who hails from Lakshmipur's Chandraganj and lives in Dhaka's Hazaribagh, reports bdnews24.com.

Md Masud Alam, deputy commissioner of the Ramna Division of police, said: "Ashraful was detained in a raid as soon as the video went viral. Action will be taken against him according to the law."

The video, which went viral on Facebook, showed a young man in a white shirt asking passengers in a car for money and handin...