The Bhandup police have initiated the process of externment (legal process of barring a person from residing in a specific area or locality for a set period) against a 27-year-old man accused of murder after a video showing him cutting birthday cakes decorated with IPC sections went viral on social media. The sections inscribed on the cakes are those under which he is currently booked.

The individual, identified as Ziauddhin Ansari from Gamdevi in Bhandup, was seen celebrating his birthday on April 11 with cakes that labeled him “King of Bhandup” and listed the criminal charges he faces. “He posed proudly with multiple cakes referencing serious offences. We’ve sent a request to the DCP to initiate externment proceedings as we have zero tolerance for such behaviour,” said a senior Bhandup police officer.