India, May 28 -- The district traffic police on Wednesday launched an investigation into a viral social media post that alleged that an enforcement official had assaulted passerby near a power station in Ghata for filming after a truck carrying scrap caught fire around 1.50pm, officials aware of the matter said.

In footage attached to the post, which was widely circulated online, an agitated officer can be seen approaching the passerby during the commotion at the site of the incident. However, then it cuts off. In the post, the user then alleged that the traffic police personnel had assaulted him and stopped him from recording the incident any further. "Does any traffic policeman have the right to slap someone on the road? I was standing...