'Reel banane ka nasha..': Woman places child inside scooter diggi box and rides off; netizens hope viral video is 'edited'

A video of a woman placing a child inside her scooter diggi box and appearing to ride soon after is widely circulating on social media. Said to be the child's mother, she is seen riding the two wheeler, without a helmet, after placing her asleep child inside the diggi. As the clip surfaced online, the internet raised safety concerns and slammed the reel craze.

The clip was shared across social media platforms. It opened showing a ghunghat-clad woman opening the scooter's diggi and locking the baby inside. Seconds later, visuals showed her starting the vehicle and riding off, leaving netizens shocked and worried.

The vehicle was registered under Madhya Pradesh, India.

Watch video

Edited or real?

"I just watched the video closely and realized that she had edited it and had taken the child out before riding the Activa," X user Sachya wrote. "There was a cutoff at 11-12 second, hopefully she removed the baby before driving off," added another user named Dr Abdul Sattar Khan.

Netizens mostly believed and hoped that the clip was edited and the child was safe.

However, taking note of the visuals, many users expressed concerns over the act of locking the child inside the scooter diggi. They slammed the reel craze. One commented, "Reel banane ka nasha babu bhaiya." "Time to open reel nasha mukti kendra," opined another.