Lucknow youth arrested for cutting b’day cake with sword

Lucknow, Dec 14 (IANS) The Lucknow police have arrested a 20-year-old man for brandishing a sword and using it to cut his birthday cake in public.

While the cake was kept on the bonnet of a car, he and his friends reportedly celebrated the occasion by bursting firecrackers.

The incident took place under the Nagram police limits of the Lucknow Commissionerate.

The police action came after a video on social media showed youngster Sanskar Patel cutting a cake with a sword during a celebration at his home in Abbas Nagar on Tuesday night.

When they approached him, the cops found him making a similar video, but this time in public, according to a police statement.

The sword used for cake-cutting was about three feet long.

The cops are also looking for the vehicle’s owner on the basis of its registration number.

–IANS

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