A Spider-Man movie that a lot of people must have seen is still remembered for one dialogue that has lived on to date: "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility."

Unfortunately for many of us, India counts as one of the nations where with great power, there is sometimes absolutely no responsibility, accountability, or even basic sensibility.

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A recent shocking example of this was in Mumbai, where a Mumbai lawmaker forced one of his contractors to go through a traumatic experience.

In a video that has now gone viral on social media, Dilip Lande, a Shiv Sena MLA, forced one of the corporators to sit on a waterlogged street and then instructed his supporters to dump garbage on top of him.

#WATCH | Mumbai: Shiv Sena MLA from Chandivali, Dilip Lande makes a contractor sit on water logged road & asks workers to dump garbage on him after a road was waterlogged due to improper drainage cleaning

He says, "I did this as the contractor didn't do his job properly" (12.6) pic.twitter.com/XjhACTC6PI

— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2021

The shameless incident that occurred took place after many of Mumbai's areas like Sanjay Nagar and Sunder Baug in Kurla were flooded after heavy rainfall in the region.

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Upon asking Lande as to why he carried out such an inhumane act, he responded by saying, “I had been receiving numerous complaints from the local people. Those responsible for cleaning the garbage did not do their work for which people of my area had to walk through waterlogged streets. Now, I am making the contractor responsible sit in the same water.”

Soon after the shameless incident reached the smartphones and computer screens of the citizens, people jumped on to Twitter to slam the actions of the MLA.

What a shameful act!

— Dr. Vinayak Dubey 🇮🇳 (@vinayvaani) June 13, 2021

Isn't this uncivil and barbaric ? Aren't there civilised and legal ways to deal with errant contractors ? What if common people start dealing with corrupt politicians in a similar manner?

— Konkani Babu (@Konkani_babu) June 13, 2021

shameful and inhuman! there could be many other ways of how a contractor could be punished by putting fine or taking away the contract, physically harassing him and humiliating him is not acceptable

— Anonymous (@IDKwhaaa_t) June 13, 2021

Yes. This is inhumane

— common man (@alphabetagama_2) June 13, 2021

This is not governance but gundagardi...if the party in office will not follow laws they hv no rt to enforce it on others...if the contractor was not doing his work y wasn’t it supervised earlier..who was to supervise ? Just a way of passing the buck trying to fool general public

— Pooja Sinha🇮🇳 (@PoojaSi09870531) June 13, 2021

Dramebaaz shivsena.. only dadagiri.. they are taking laws in their hands.. no masks .. no social distancing., election coming ahead .. @MumbaiPolice which action will u take for this?

— Bhavesh (@imBhaveshV) June 13, 2021

Same people Take commission from contractors and humiliate him just for some media footage

— MADAN NAYAK 🇮🇳 (@mgnayak5) June 13, 2021

@ShivSena MLA Dilip lande must be booked under IPC. @UN @TommyLundn @HMOIndia @BBC @WSJ @hrw

— 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 (@SaveWater_Earth) June 13, 2021

My bet is that guy is a Non Marathi or probably from UP or Bihar. This suits the agenda and hence the public display of such stupidity.

— unkindmonk (@saukiseedhibaat) June 13, 2021

This is too much. It’s not acceptable in society. No one should take the law in his hands. When passing his bills why d things were not checked by d concerned. Do u hv SOP for his job and to be checked at every stage. Don’t just blame him. All concerned r responsible.

— Tejendra Singh Birdi (@birdits) June 13, 2021

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