Indian mounted police carried out a mock drill to disperse a rioting mob riding their batons instead of horses in this comical clip. <br /><br />The team of mounted cops galloped holding their batons between their legs on November 8 in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, charging into a ‘riotous mob’ and chasing them away.<br /><br />An official said police were forced to ride their batons as real horses were not available.<br /><br />“Cops presumed they were on horseback and conducted the exercise symbolically," he said.<br /><br />District police chef Prabal Pratap Singh asked media not to mock the exercise and said the police had got a chance to practice the ‘parameters and standards’ used in controlling riots. <br /><br />He said he had sought 10 horses for riot control from higher authorities.
