Mumbai Police issues challan to Varun Dhawan on Twitter for an 'adventurous' selfie

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Clicking an ‘adventurous’ selfie at a traffic signal without wearing a seatbelt drew ire of Mumbai Police which sent an e-challan to actor Varun Dhawan’s home on Thursday.

Mumbai police in a post on Twitter also warned the star that from next time the police would be harsher on him.

“These adventures surely work on D silver screen but certainly not on the roads of Mumbai! U have risked ur life, ur admirer’s & few others. V expect better from a responsible Mumbaikar & youth icon like U! An E-Challan is on d way 2 ur home. Next time, V will B harsher (Sic),” the police said in a tweet.

Along with the warning, the official handle of Mumbai Police also posted a newspaper grab of Dhawan taking a selfie with a fan who is seen sitting in an auto. The images show that the girl in auto tried to click his photo first but Dhawan later took the phone from her to click a selfie.

.@Varun_dvn These adventures surely work on D silver screen but certainly not on the roads of Mumbai! U have risked ur life,ur admirer’s & few others. V expect better from a responsible Mumbaikar & youth icon like U! An E-Challan is on d way 2 ur home. Next time, V will B harsher pic.twitter.com/YmdytxspGY

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) November 23, 2017

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Varun Dhawan, in a reply, apologised for the act and said that he will keep safety in mind for the next time. “My apologies. Our cars weren’t moving since we were at a traffic signal and I didn’t want to hurt the sentiment of a fan but next time I’ll keep safety in mind and won’t encourage this,” he said on Twitter.

My apologies Our cars weren’t moving since we were at a traffic signal and I didn’t want to hurt the sentiment of a fan but next time I’ll keep safety in mind and won’t encourage this. https://t.co/MEJk56EksG

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— Varun Dhawan (@Varun_dvn) November 23, 2017

Within two hours, the tweet by Mumbai Police received around 3,500 retweets. People had a field day by replying with pictures of various celebrities and politicians doing 'adventurous' acts on their vehicles.

Issko bhi challan bhej do ek pic.twitter.com/xZJ09fK5wq

— Kapil (@kapsology) November 23, 2017

inko kaun bhejega e-challan bina helmet ke liye?? pic.twitter.com/jAjsanMmRs

— Secret Santa (@Secret_Saanta) November 23, 2017

Kindly zoom in and See Policeman walking on track,
Captured Yesterday at Vadala Station between 11:10 am - 11.20 am pic.twitter.com/mJf01lv7El

— Akshay Gohil (@Akshay_0690) November 23, 2017

The data on total road accidents for the year 2016 showed that the number of fatal accidents increased by 3.3 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) basis from 1,31,726 to 1,36,071. The number of road accidents, however, fell by 4.1 percent y-o-y from 5,01,423 to 4,80,652.