Fake Cop Tries to Scam Woman for ₹50,000 in Mumbai, Video Goes Viral

Viral Video: Many of you may have seen movie "Special 26," in which Anupam Kher and Akshay Kumar pose as income tax officials to extort money from political leers and entrepreneurs. While screenplay of this film is fictional, similar incident happened in real life. A video has gone viral on internet.

In viral video, a woman is traveling by auto rickshaw when a young man boards rickshaw and attempts to deceive her by claiming to be a Mumbai police officer.

video shared on X reveals that incident occurred near Powai area in Mumbai. woman was carrying an e-cigarette (vape) when man, claiming to be a police officer, forcefully detained her. He demanded Rs 50,000 and threatened to take her to Powai police station if she refused to pay. However, woman immediately sensed something was wrong and began recording encounter on her phone.

As soon as man began making his demands, woman started filming him. In video, woman can be heard saying, "I’m currently on MIDC ( Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) Ro and this man followed me and got into my auto-rickshaw." She ds, "He’s forcibly trying to take me to Powai Chowki."

woman furr stated, "You cannot take me anywhere without a female police officer present." Realising he h been caught, man posing as a police officer quickly exits auto-rickshaw and flees scene. 
A user on X (formerly Twitter) with handle @Mard_Maratha_0 shared detailed account of incident in a lengthy post.

young woman refused to go to Powai and began recording entire incident on her mobile camera. Meanwhile, fake policeman attempted to grab her phone, but she didn’t comply, and eventually, he got out of rickshaw.
This incident was shared on Twitter by @gharkekalesh. caption mentions that fake cop also tried to extort ₹50,000 from young woman, but he was unsuccessful.

video has been viewed by over 69,000 users, and many have reacted in various ways. Netizens are urging Mumbai police to take action, while ors are vising people to stay vigilant against fake cops when visiting city.