Insta influencer rides bike on Chunabhatti flyover, held

Three days after a video of a social media influencer riding a motorcycle without a helmet on the BKC-Chunabhatti connector, where twowheelers are banned, went viral on social media, police arrested the woman and booked her under relevant sections of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act. The police said the 21-year-old woman, Sanjana Prasad, an Ahmedabad resident, had uploaded the video on her Instagram page and had performed the stunt in a bid to shoot to social media fame. She was released on bail.

On Friday, the video of the Instagram influencer had gone viral on social media.

Acting on this video, traffic police began tracing the source and identity of a woman, as well the location of the video, which was identified as Chunabhatti stretch of the connector.

Accordingly, after Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Nandkumar Thakur flagged off the incident, a case was registered against her at Chunabhatti police station.

Deepak Pagare, senior inspector of Chunabhatti police station said the woman was visiting a friend in Mumbai. Probe revealed that she was a social media celebrity, who did so for the thrill and increasing followers on Instagram. The bike she was seen riding belonged to her friend.