Urfi
Javed
arrest
video:
The
Mumbai
police
on
Friday
booked
social
media
influencer
and
'Bigg
Boss'
contestant
Urfi
Javed
for
maligning
their
image
through
a
fake
arrest
video,
an
official
said.
Javed,
who
is
often
in
news
for
her
fashion
choices,
and
her
associates
staged
a
“raid”
where
a
few
people
personated
as
police
officials
to
take
“action”
against
her
for
wearing
skimpy
outfits.
MUMBAI
POLICE
FIR
AGAINST
URFI
JAVED-
WHAT
HAPPENED?
A
reel
of
the
act,
deemed
defamatory
by
the
police,
went
viral
on
social
media.
“A
viral
video
of
a
woman
being
allegedly
arrested
by
Mumbai
Police,
in
a
case
of
obscenity
is
not
true
-
insignia
&
uniform
has
been
misused,”
the
police
said
on
social
media
platform
X
after
the
'Urfi
Javed
arrested’
video
went
viral.
"One
Can't
Violate
Law
Of
The
Land,
For
Cheap
Publicity!",
said
the
post.
“A
criminal
case
has
been
registered
against
those
involved
in
the
misleading
video,
at
Oshiwara
Pstn
under
sections
171,
419,
500,
34
IPC,”
the
police
said.
“While
further
investigation
is
on,
the
fake
inspector
is
under
arrest
&
the
vehicle
has
been
seized
too,”
the
police
said.
Section
171
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC)
pertains
to
'wearing
garb
or
carrying
token
used
by
public
servant
with
fraudulent
intent”,
while
section
419
deals
with
cheating
by
personation.
IPC
sections
500
and
34
deal
with
punishment
for
defamation
and
common
intention,
respectively.
WAS
URFI
JAVED
REALLY
ARRESTED?
FAKE
ARREST
VIDEO
CONTROVERSY
In
a
statement,
the
police
said
the
reel
made
for
self-publicity
became
viral
on
social
media
and
sent
out
an
incorrect
message
about
the
department
being
against
those
wearing
skimpy
clothes.
Javed,
two
other
women
who
posed
as
constables,
and
a
male
associate
who
posed
as
a
police
officer
were
booked
under
various
sections
of
the
IPC
in
the
FIR
(first
information
report),
the
statement
said.
A
notice
under
CrPC
section
41A
has
been
served
to
accused
Ganpatbhai
Sawajibhai
Makwana,
who
played
the
role
of
a
police
officer
in
the
video,
an
official
of
the
Oshiwara
police
station
said.
The
section
deals
with
appearance
before
police
officer.