New Delhi, April 10 -- Bengalur City Police have rejected claims about the presence of a so-called "Zombie drug" in the city, after a viral video showed a man standing still for a long period, raising concern among residents.

In a "press brief" issued on March 9, the police clarified that the video, widely circulated on social media, was misleading. "A video circulating on Instagram showing a person allegedly under the influence of a 'zombie drug' has come to the notice of the Bangalore City Police," the statement said.

Acting on the video, officers from Bagalur Police Station located the individual near Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology in Yelahanka and took him for a medical examination. "The person was immediately subjected to ...