The Indian Army on Tuesday denied media reports and social media posts claiming that a soldier, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, rammed his car into a crowd in the Nagardhan area of Nagpur on August 3, injuring around 30 civilians.

In a statement, the Army said the reports — which carried headlines such as ‘Drunk Army Officer Rams Car Into 30 People In Nagpur, Thrashed By Locals’ — were “false and misleading” and not supported by facts verified with local police.

According to the amy, the incident involved Havildar Harsh Pal Mahadev Waghmare, a resident of Ramtek, Nagpur, who is currently posted in the North East and was on leave. On August 3, around 6.30 pm, he was returning from a relative’s house when he had a minor altercation with locals over parking.