Overview
- Police detained the auto-rickshaw during Saturday checks after finding the driver intoxicated and began booking a case.
- A video shows the man holding a dead snake and demanding the immediate return of his seized vehicle.
- Officials say he fled the scene but was later traced to his Pahadishareef home and brought to the station, where he apologized.
- Cases were registered for drunken driving and allegedly threatening personnel, and he is expected to appear before court on Monday.
- The footage spread widely on social media as coverage also referenced a separate Bengaluru clip alleging a traffic officer assaulted a cab driver.