Young couple who are in their early 20s, got arrested after a video of them hugging each other on moving bike went viral in social media platforms. The incident took place at Vishakhapattanam of Andhrapradesh and the video is receiving flak from the public as the couple could have caused danger to others while performing such stunt.

The accused has been identified as K. Shailaja, a 19 year old student and Ajay who is 22 years old. The video was recorded at the Steel plant road in Vishakhapattanam . Shailaja who is a resident of Chodhavaram area, was seen hugging the boy by sitting on the petrol tank of his bike.

The duo has been booked for negligent driving after the apparent public display of affection became a safety hazard. The video was recorded by a person who was traveling in a car that was tailing their bike.

Under sections 336 and 279 of Indian Penal code and Under sections 132 and 129 of Motol Vehicle Act, cases were registered against the offenders. Police officials of  Steel Plant have seized their vehicle. Parents of both the kids were summoned for counselling.

Here’s the video :

విశాఖలో లవర్స్ ఓవర్ యాక్షన్. స్టీల్ ప్లాంట్ మెయిన్ రోడ్డుపై పట్టపగలు బరితెగింపు. హెల్మెట్ లేకుండా యువకుడు డ్రైవింగ్. కాలేజ్ యూనిఫామ్ ధరించి విద్యార్థిని వికృత చేష్టలు చూసి నివ్వెరపోయిన స్థానికులు. #AndhraPradesh #Visakhapatnam #Vizag pic.twitter.com/i2dGgHKElg

— Vizag News Man (@VizagNewsman) December 29, 2022

Reacting to the incident, Vishakapattinam Commissioner Srikanth advised public to not violate Traffic rules and asked them to abide the law. He also warned strict action against those who violate traffic rules and included that there will be serious penalties including seizure of the vehicles.

Check out some of the reactions that surfaced for the bizarre :

UNCULTURED BRUTES https://t.co/ODu1ND5hb8

— sri ram (@gururraj1971) December 31, 2022

Colleges should include this race in their sports event https://t.co/4F7lxijfXH

— পঞ্চ প্রেত । (@StuffMerchant) December 30, 2022

Nibba Nibbi lost their mind. https://t.co/EUu2ycGI6b

— Niyati Ray #MaskUp 🇮🇳 (@DrRayNiyati_23) December 30, 2022

So lot of moral policing and unnecessary trolling in comments.

No dearth of hypocrites.

Yes it is dangerous, just send this video to cops and close it up, rather than making a troll of this video. https://t.co/kMb0ZEemW7

— Random Guy (@_Waltair2911) December 30, 2022

In the year 2019, a similar incident took place at Rajouri Garden in West Bengal. In that video, the couple were seen travelling in a busy traffic road. The girl was seen facing the boy and they seemingly kissed each other as well. The 18 second video which was shot in a night time and the couple didn’t wear helmets for their own safety.

Need for new sections for #MV Act violations!! #Rajouri garden crossing. pic.twitter.com/0gn7LsIIYM

— HGS Dhaliwal (@hgsdhaliwalips) May 2, 2019