Overview
- A truck traveling from Garhmukteshwar toward Delhi allegedly shed white metal on the Tatrapur bypass near the Bulandshahr cut, drawing a crowd and halting traffic.
- Viral videos show commuters and bystanders stopping vehicles to pick up small shiny pieces that many believed were silver.
- Hapur Dehat police reached the scene, dispersed the crowd, and cleared the backlog of vehicles after a prolonged jam.
- Inspector Neeraj Kumar said there is no official confirmation that the material is silver and that teams are examining footage to identify the vehicle and the substance.
- Online reactions ranged from jokes to sharp criticism of the roadside scramble, with many users questioning whether the metal was genuine.