New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) A 23-year-old man out on bail in a riot case was allegedly captured in a video fighting with policemen in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area, police said on Thursday.

A video of the alleged incident did rounds on social media which showed the man, with his brothers, having an altercation with police.

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According to the police, the incident was captured Wednesday around 8.45 pm, when the staff of Mukherjee Nagar Police Station was on patrol in Indira Vikas Colony and stopped a suspicious-looking person to check for antecedents.

The man, identified as Deepak, who was with his brothers, took offence at the exercise and started an argument, police said.

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He was later booked at Mukherjee Nagar Police Station under several sections of IPC, they said.

When checked, Deepak was previously found to have been involved in a riots case, and currently out on bail, said police.

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