Overview

• Video shot July 20 shows social media influencer Nazmeen Sulde dancing on the bonnet of a moving Mercedes-Benz in Kharghar, and it went viral on July 22.
• Navi Mumbai Traffic Police traced the car through CCTV recordings, obtained its registration details and detained Sulde and her friend Al-fesh Shaikh on July 23.
• An FIR has been filed at Kharghar police station charging both under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and various sections of the Motor Vehicles Act.
• Investigations revealed that the driver, the influencer’s boyfriend, lacked a valid driving license, adding unlicensed driving to the alleged offences.
• This incident follows recent reckless stunts on Mumbai roads, leading authorities to intensify their review of social media-driven copycat behaviors.