In an appalling incident, a 40-year-old man in Malegaon in Maharashtra have been arrested by Nashik rural police after a TikTok video showed him wiping his nose and licking currency notes, amid the ongoing coronavirus scare.
According to media reports, the Cyber Crime police took note of it and traced the location from where the video was first shared after it went viral.
The Nashik rural police then arrested the accused and booked him under sections 153 for hurting sentiments and section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
Meanwhile, the police have also arrested three others, all aged between 23-27 years, from Malegaon. The accused have been identified as Abdul Qureshi (27), Sayad Hussain Ali (23) and Sufiyan Mukhtar (24).
A case has been registered against all the four accused in Azad Nagar Police Station in Nashik.
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