In August last year, a video of an allegedly drunk policeman travelling on the Metro began blowing up on Facebook.

People mocked the police officer, 50-year-oldSalim PK for what looked like drunken disorderly conduct, and the police responding to pressure decided to punish him.

Despite repeatedly pleading that it wasn't alcohol but a health issue, Salim was "identified and suspended" within weeks of the incident.

However, he was reportedly reinstated in November, after a police enquiry and verification confirmed that he was not drunk on the metro that day.

Now the constable has spoken out, that too in the Supreme Court, claiming that he is the victim of the “worst kind of defamation one can suffer through social media”

He was actually experiencing a stroke which may have triggered off partial paralysis.

Now, he’s seeking compensation from the police which permanently damaged his reputation, and is also asking the Delhi government, Police Commissioner, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, and the Press Council of India to help him regain lost dignity by publishing the correct factual position.

Wills Mathews, his lawyer told Mail Today: “When the video went viral and Salim was suspended, it made front page news. When he was taken back, not a single newspaper or TV channel carried it. In the eyes of the general public, the petitioner was drunk in the metro and he is still under suspension.”

According to Mathews, his “wife...had a serious heart attack after this incident along with the aged father of the petitioner who is paralysed for the last more than 5 years”.