A Class 12 boy boarded a bus to meet his relatives. He never reached.

Instead, he was yanked off the bus by men who didn’t identify themselves, showed no warrant, filed no FIR, and found no contraband. So what did they do? They manufactured a crime. They planted drugs, fabricated a case, paraded him as a narcotics kingpin, and sent him to jail — all because they could.

What they didn’t know was that a simple CCTV camera on a bus would unravel their entire script. And what this case reveals is not just misconduct — it exposes the terrifying fragility of an ordinary citizen’s freedom in India.

1️⃣ The arrest That Should Never Have Happened

Sohan was travelling like any other student — backpack, bus ticket, and zero suspicion. That didn’t matter.
With no warrant, no evidence, and no complaint, men identified later as policemen dragged him out in full public view. His only “crime”? They thought he might be carrying drugs. He wasn’t.

2️⃣ When No drugs Were Found, They Simply Manufactured Them

The police allegedly took 2.7 kg of opium seized in another case and planted it on Sohan, registering a fresh FIR.
Imagine the audacity — they had already decided he was guilty, so the evidence was “arranged.”
A student turned into a “drug trafficker” overnight because someone in uniform needed a successful operation on record.

3️⃣ The police Went Public With Their hero Story — Built on a Lie

The department proudly announced a major narcotics bust to the media.
They celebrated an operation that, as CCTV would later reveal, was nothing but fiction written with a pen and a police seal.

4️⃣ Then Came the CCTV — And the Entire Narrative Imploded

The bus had cameras.
And those cameras had truth.
The footage showed Sohan being pulled off absolutely empty-handed. No packets. No suspicious behaviour. Nothing — except a terrified student.

Once the video went viral, the police tried to deny:
“Those men are not our officers.”
That denial didn’t survive 24 hours.

5️⃣ The high court Stepped In — And the SP Was Forced to Admit Everything

Dragged to court by the viral outrage, the Superintendent of police had no escape route.

He admitted the officers acted illegally.
He apologised.
He ordered an inquiry.

And only then — only under judicial and administrative pressure — Sohan was freed after two months of undeserved imprisonment.

6️⃣ The Dark Irony: This police station Had Won a National Award for Excellence

Malhargarh police station had been honoured as one of the best in India.
If this is what “best” looks like, the average citizen should be terrified of the worst.
A badge of excellence didn’t stop them from framing a child.

7️⃣ Two Months in Jail. A Lifetime of Trauma. Who Pays?

court orders cannot erase:

• the humiliation,

• the fear,

• the psychological damage,

• the stigma,

• the nightmares,

• the lost trust in the system.

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Sohan is free, but he will carry this like a scar.
India has no mechanism to compensate innocent citizens wrongfully jailed because of police abuse.

8️⃣ The Real Horror: Without CCTV, Sohan Would Have Been Finished

Let that sink in.
If the bus had no camera, we would never know the truth.
A student would have carried a criminal stigma for life.
His education, future, reputation — all would have died quietly in a jail cell.

And that is the most frightening part: this system relies on luck, not justice.

9️⃣ Sohan’s Case Says One Thing Loudly — You Are Never Truly Safe

If a schoolboy with no record can be dragged off, framed, and jailed…
If police can plant evidence to save data-face…
If truth depends on whether a random CCTV was working…

Then every citizen is a potential victim of arbitrary power.