Trending But at What Cost? Viral Railway Station Reel Faces Legal Consequences

The trend of making short videos and posting them on social media platforms has been going over the top since the introduction of Instagram Reels. As gaining fame becomes easy through this, people have been seen making videos on various places including gyms, cars, and tourist places among several others. However, there are such videos we see these days that are shot in places like railway stations and roads as well.

One such video has been going viral on the social media platform, Instagram wherein a girl wearing a red saree prepares and dances in front of the camera. Meanwhile, another passing by woman stops and dances behind her with all grace and fun. It was the woman behind the girl wearing a red saree which attracted numerous likes and views.

Shared by the Instagram handle @kajal_bhardwaj_07, with the caption ‘Lahar Uthe’, has garnered 480,000 views and over 19,000 likes on the platform. Apart from that, the video clip has also received hundreds of comments highlighting the lady behind the girl.

The video features a Bhojpuri song named ‘Lahar Uthe’ by Khesari Lal Yadav and Priyanka Singh in the background. Apart from the lady dancing behind, you can also see that the people boarding a passing train look at the two dancing on the platform.

Earlier, another such video went viral on the Instagram Reel when a similar incident took place in February. According to a News18 report, a girl was seen wearing a red saree and performing an energetic dance to a Bhojpuri song inside the Delhi metro premises. It garnered thousands of views and likes on the platform.

Many of us might not be aware that people making videos inside railway stations and trains can be charged with punishable offences by the authorities. According to the Central Railway, under the Railway Act sections 152 and 153, it is a punishable offence with penalty and imprisonment of up to 10 years.