India, July 23 -- The Mumbai Police on Thursday ordered an inquiry after a video purportedly showed a policeman threatening student protesters with fabricated drug cases if they returned to protest.

The video, which went viral on social media, sparked outrage and prompted authorities to suspend the policeman pending an investigation. The action against the cop, identified as Pawan Sangle, comes amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in Delhi, and its supporters also holding similar demonstrations in Mumbai over the past few days.

The widely circulated clip shows a police driver warning detained students that they would be implicated in false narcotics cases and spend the rest of their lives in jail if they participated in ...