India, Nov. 11 -- Actor-comedian Vir Das has flagged the bursting of firecrackers in public spaces in Mumbai despite the High Court's prohibition. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he questioned how long people will continue to flout the rules. The Mumbai Police responded to his post and escalated the issue to the Bandra Police Station.

On Tuesday evening, Vir took to his X account and wrote, "Crackers still happening right outside Joggers park. At what point do we as citizens take the orders of the @mybmc and @MumbaiPolice seriously?" The official account of Mumbai Police responded, writing, "We have informed the Senior Officials of @BandraPS." He reacted to them with folded-hands emojis.

In another post, Vir even joked, "The year 203...