The Mumbai cops are leaving no stone unturned in their attempt to ensure that no one watches the Tanmay video, in which the comedian allegedly mocked Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar. May be that is the reason they have asked Google to remove the video from Orkut, a website that doesn't even exist now.

If you are keeping a track, Orkut that was very popular in India around 10 years ago, was shut down by Google in 2014 after everyone and their aunts moved to Facebook. However, it seems that the Mumbai cops didn't get the memo.



In a statement to TOI, Mumbai Police has said that it wants Google to remove from all its social media site. "Firstly, we have written to Google and YouTube administrators to block the controversial video on their social Orkut and have sought a legal opinion on whether any case can be made out against Tanmay," Sangramsingh Nishandar, Mumbai police spokesperson, told TOI.

The whole saga once again shows how clueless our cops are when it comes to the cyber world. The statement issued by Nishandar is not only strange but is downright hilarious. YouTube is a separate site. There are no YouTube administrator working to manage Orkut. In fact, as we noted, Orkut is defunct. It doesn't exist. Yet somehow cops managed to find the Tanmay video on the site.

We have sought Google's reaction on the Mumbai Police statement and will update if the company comments on the matter.