Creating reels has become a daily routine for many. Whether it’s dancing, modelling or any other type of video, people on the internet are always game for anything and everything, consistently making headlines. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more bizarre, a video has emerged online, going viral, and leaving social media users outraged. In the video, a woman is seen dancing in the middle of the road while displaying a pistol in her hands. The clip, featuring popular YouTuber Simran Yadav, was reportedly shot on a highway in Lucknow. It caught the attention of Lucknow Police as well, who took notice of the same and took prompt action.

The video posted on X by user Advocate Kalyanji Chaudhary shows the influencer dancing to a Bhojpuri song in the middle of a street, while boldly brandishing a gun in her hands. “Instagram star Simran Yadav of Lucknow is openly flouting the law and code of conduct by waving a pistol on the highway and making a video viral to show off her community’s power in the society, but the officials are maintaining silence,” the X user wrote while tagging the authorities. 

Take a look below: 

instagram star सिमरन यादव लखनऊ सरेआम नियम कानून व आचार संहिता की धज्जियाँ उड़ाते हुए highway पर पिस्टल को लहराकर video वायरल करके समाज में अपनी बिरादरी का रौब जमा रहीं हैं परंतु अधिकारी चुप्पी साधे हुए है l @dgpup@ECISVEEP@Splucknow_rural@Igrangelucknow@adgzonelucknow@myogipic.twitter.com/GN4zWsc1P9

— Advocate kalyanji Chaudhary (@DeewaneHindust1) May 9, 2024

As soon as the video went viral, Lucknow Police reacted saying that an investigation over the matter has been instructed to the concerned authorities. “The concerned have been directed to take necessary action,” read the comment by the Lucknow Police. 

संबधिंत को आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु निर्देशित किया गया है।

— LUCKNOW POLICE (@lkopolice) May 9, 2024

Meanwhile, the video has left internet users fuming. Reacting to the clip, social media users expressed anger and urged authorities to take action immediately. “Why is she showing a gun and all so casually in the middle of the street with people around?” And sharing the same on the internet with such a massive following is simply not acceptable,” commented one user. “I hope the authorities will take some kind of action against her reel. This is not corrected,” expressed another. 

Simran Yadav has over 2.2 million followers on Instagram and over 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube.  

Bareilly, UP:

 A 25-year-old Uttar Pradesh Police constable allegedly shot himself in the head in this district on Friday, police said.

Arun Yadav of Amroha district had been on duty at Gularia Gauri Shankar Temple in the Sirauli area till the evening. After returning to his room, he allegedly switched off his mobile phone and shot himself, they said.

Hearing the sound of gunfire, police and locals rushed to his room and found Yadav lying injured. He was taken to a nearby hospital and then to the district hospital where he succumbed, the police said.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Manush Pareek and other officials reached Sirauli police station and analysed Yadav’s mobile phone. They also spoke to his colleagues to ascertain the possible reasons behind his suspected suicide.

The police believe Yadav shot himself due to family reasons.

Senior Superintendent of Police Ghule Sushil Chandrabhan said efforts are underway to ascertain the reasons behind Yadav’s suicide. His family is being contacted and his call details are being checked.

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Ghaziabad:

 A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his two minor daughters for the last four years and threatening to kill them if they objected, a police official said on Monday.

Upon noticing the girls, aged 15 and 17 years, traumatised and attending their classes half-hearted, a teacher sought to know the reason from the elder sister, the official said.

The girl narrated their plight to the teacher, who in turn informed the police.

The sisters told the teacher that after leaving the school, they used to sit in a park till their mother returned from work. They said that their father had been jobless for many days and their mother was the only breadwinner, the police official said.

ACP of Masuri Naresh Kumar said the accused was arrested on Sunday.

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Gonda:

A man wanted in a loot case surrendered before the police here with a placard hung around his neck that read “I have come to surrender, don’t shoot me”, officials said on Wednesday.

The man, identified as Ankit Verma, has been on the run for the past six months, they added.

“It is a result of the fear of the police among the criminals that they are surrendering,” Circle Officer (CO) Navina Shukla said.

On Tuesday, Verma reached the Chhapia police station with a placard hung around his neck and shouted, “I have come to surrender, don’t shoot me,” he said.

The placard also carried the same message in his handwriting, the police officer said.

One Amarjit Chauhan of Mahuli Khori village had filed a complaint with the police alleging that when he was returning from a college on February 20 on a motorcycle, two men stopped him near Piprahi bridge and looted his two-wheeler, mobile phone and wallet at gunpoint, he said.

Subsequently, a case of robbery was lodged and during investigation, the names of Ankit Verma and another person came to the fore, Shukla said, adding Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal also announced a reward of Rs 20,000 on their arrest.

Station House Officer Suresh Kumar Verma said the man was placed under arrest and other legal formalities were carried out.

The surrender of the man before the visit of Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath here is being described by the police as a “big achievement”. 

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