Police allegedly disrupted traffic for several minutes on the road connecting Sector 108 of Gurugram along with Dwaraka Expressway on Sunday evening after a convoy of about two dozen vehicles including Mercedes-Benz-Benz SLC Convertible to shoot social media videos to shoot social media videos.
Officials said disintegration near high-raising Shoba city and Experience Hartong created significant inconvenience to passengers and residents.
A video of the incident – featured at least 22 vehicles, including Mercedes Convertible, Toyota Fortuned, Mahindra Thears, Scorpio and many hatchbacks – a local resident came online after sharing it on social media, tagging Gurugram police and taking action on social media.
In the footage, two people can be seen standing from top of the Mercedes seats.
Two other people are seen recording video, while other members of the group happy with nearby vehicles, some of them were standing on footrest and others were coming out of sunroof. The cars had illegally installed sirens, which were constantly flying, the residents alleged.
Mercedes-Benz SLC has seen in the video There was a major car during 80 million (east-showroom) and allegedly roadblock.
A resident of a society located at the intersection, Requesting oblivion, the sound can also be heard from 400 meters away.
“My apartment is at least 150 meters away from the intersection, where these people blocked the road, but for 5–10 minutes, the hooter and the continuous foggy of the sirens angered everyone in the area.
After completing the shooting, several vehicles were seen in the video running illegal U-turn and running in the wrong direction.
While the video has inspired displeasure and has been accepted by police officers, no formal complaint was filed until the press time.
Gurugram Police, Public Relations Officer, Sandeep Kumar said that the incident came under his notice on Sunday night through social media platforms.
Kumar said, “The video has been sent to the respective police station. The matter is under investigation.” “Efforts are being made to identify suspects with the help of CCTV footage in the area. All vehicles including sports car will be confiscated.”
The residents urged the authorities to take quick action and install monitoring cameras to prevent such stunts in future.
Police said FIR registration is expected soon and “strict possible action” has been assured against the people involved.
