A former councillor of Bhatinda was booked by the police for staging a symbolic protest on Tuesday by boating in the waterlogged streets of Parasram Nagar. Vijay Kumar Sharma has been booked under Section 336 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for endangering the life or personal safety of others.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, Sharma took a few locals, mostly children, along for a ride on his pedal boat to draw the attention of the administration towards waterlogging problems in the locality every monsoon.