New Delhi, July 13 -- The Telangana Police have suspended an officer after a video went viral on social media showing him letting his six-year-old granddaughter drive a car on the busy Gandhamguda-Bairagiguda road in Narsingi. The officer, Pujari Tirupathi, a Sub-Inspector with the Hyderabad City Police, has also been booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act.

The video of the incident, which took place on Saturday, went viral on Sunday, after which Telangana DGP CV Anand ordered Tirupathi's suspension and a departmental inquiry.

In the video, the minor girl can be seen driving the car while Tirupathi is seated next to her with his hand on the steering wheel.

Videos also showed the car driven by the minor girl...