Ahmedabad police issues advisory on ‘KiKi Challenge’; terms it dangerous and punishable

August 02, 2018
Ahmedabad police issues advisory on ‘KiKi Challenge’; terms it dangerous and punishable

Ahmedabad:
Ahmedabad police today issued an appeal for its citizens to not to participate in the so called ‘KiKi Challenge’ which has become a fad and also warned that it was punishable under various sections of the IPC, the Motor Vehicle Act and Gujarat Police Act.
Terming the act of dancing beside a moving car and getting it filmed, dangerous for the performer and others, the police has also appealed the citizens to inform it immediately if they see any such thing anywhere in th city.
One such video from Vadodara has also come to fore.
 The police in its detailed advisory to the citizens of Ahmedabad has explained all about the KiKi Challenge and its repercussions. The Advisory is as following –
The Advisory of KiKi Challenge

What is KiKi challenge?

KiKi is a song, which is sung by Aubrey Drake Graham, who was born in Canada. He is now residing in California, USA. This song title is “KiKi do you love me?” The challenge of KiKi started in USA. This challenge is being accepted by Spain, USA, Malaysia, UAE and India. KiKi challenge went viral for the first time on Instagram and the trend got viral and numbers of such videos have surfaced across the world. This song became number one in America a week ago.

The procedure of playing KiKi challenge:

During the KiKi dance challenge, the person who drives the car leaves the driving seat and starts dancing along with the car at a speed of 10 kilometres while the pillion takes the video of the dancing person or the person who is sitting beside the driver seat performs the dance on “KiKi do you love me?” along with the moving car at a speed of 10 kilometres and at that time the driver takes the video. On completion of the song, the dancer has to sit in the moving car.

Seriousness of KiKi challenge:

 KiKi challenge can create trouble for safety and security of personal life of young generation as well as others.
 KiKi challenge can cause harm to youths and can become dangerous to pedestrians as well as other vehicles moving on the road.
 KiKi challenge can cause harm to the pillion, who performs the dance by alighting from the moving car.
 KiKi challenge can also become dangerous for the driver, who records the video of the dance performance of pillion, as the concentration of the driver will not be on the road, which can cause danger to the lives of driver himself as well as other persons and vehicles on the road.

Effects of KiKi challenge:

 Effects of KiKi challenge have been noticed in the States like, Gujarat, U.P., Punjab, Maharashtra, Bangalore, Delhi and Rajasthan.
   Recently one video has become viral in social media in which one person from Vadodara accepted the challenge and performed the KiKi dance by alighting from the moving vehicle.

 

Appeal from Ahmedabad city police:

It is an appeal from the Ahmedabad City Police that KiKi challenge is dangerous for the performers and other people and vehicles on road. There is possibility to cause casualties to the performers, if they fell down while performing the dance after leaving the vehicle. As such type of performance by alighting from the moving vehicle, on the road near the vehicle is dangerous to the public and vehicles; it amounts to be a punishable offence.
It is an appeal to all the citizens of the City not to perform any such dance performance and if it is noticed that someone is performing the same, it is the responsibility of every citizen to stop such type of performance, which is dangerous to the society. It is also responsibility of the parents to keep their children away from such activities and to advice the children accordingly.

Legal Provisions for action for the same:

Indian Penal Code :-

Section – 287, Negligence conduct with respect to machinery – Whoever does with any machinery any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or to be likely to cause hurt or injury toany other person.

Section – 336, Act endangering life or personal safety of others – Whoever does act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or the personal safety of others, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to Rs.250/-, or with both.

Motor Vehicle Act:

Section – 184, Driving dangerously.

Gujarat Police Act:

Section – 143 (B), Ban on dangerous performance without prior permission

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