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Delhi Police have arrested a 25-year-old man for trying to set fire an iron barricade and blocking traffic on a flyover at separate locations to shoot reels for his nearly 800,000 Instagram followers, officials said on Saturday.I)..
The man, identified as Pradeep Dhaka, has been booked for damaging public property and obstructing a public servant in the discharge of duties, deputy commissioner of police (outer) Jimmy Chiram said..
Giving details about the arrest, Chiram said that the police spotted videos of a modified golden car disrupting traffic near Paschim Vihar and took cognisance of the incident on Friday..
In the video a man could be seen standing in the middle of the main flyover at Ring Road in Paschim Vihar and his car parked behind him, blocking traffic..
A team of officials from the Outer District identified the man as Dhaka, who is a resident of Nangloi, through the social media accounts tagged in the reels..
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