This shocking footage shows the moment a group of men dump rubbish straight into the sea in Mumbai.
The unnamed group threw the rubbish into the sea near Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India.
In the footage, the men can be seen coming one after the other to the edge of the water and emptying large quantities of rubbish from large blue gunny sacks.
The group has been caught and fined, and the city police have opened a case against them.
Onlookers can be seen watching and filming the group, with one of them saying: “Oh! Junk! Trash! They are throwing trash in there!”
A woman can be heard saying: “What in the world? That’s all trash?”
The man can then be heard replying: “Jesus Christ! Look at that!”
He can then be heard saying: “Right in front of my f*cking building.”
They later shared the footage online and tagged the police.
The city police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) then swung into action and were able to catch some of the offenders between wards A and B of the 24 wards in the BMC.
One of the Ward A officials said: “We spotted a visible taxi number in the video, allowing us to trace the address through the Regional Transport Office.
“The person lived in B ward’s jurisdiction. We immediately alerted the officer concerned.”
He added: “Upon receiving the information and address, we took necessary action and imposed a fine under the Solid Waste Management Rule 2016 on Tuesday.”
The case was reportedly registered under the relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), according to local media reports.
The police and the BMC officials were able to catch the cab driver identified as Mohammad Yakub Dudhawal and one of the suspects identified as Haji Abdul Rehman Shah Kadari.
Kadari was fined INR 10,000 (GBP 96) for dumping the rubbish into the water.
The police are still looking for the other suspects.
