New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- A purported video of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar rebuking an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer over "illegal excavation" of soil went viral this week.

It was alleged that Ajit Pawar was upbraiding the officer for taking action against goons illegally excavating material used in road construction in a village in Solapur, Maharashtra.

The entire conversation was captured on camera, and the video soon went viral.

According to the Hindustan Times, the incident took place two days ago.

In the video clip, Pawar purportedly speaks to sub-divisional police officer from Solapur, Anjali Krishna, from the phone of an NCP worker, who had sought his intervention in the matter, the report added.

But Krishna...