'Running to join army': How Uttarakhand boy Pradeep Mehra became web sensation

Filmmaker and author Vinod Kapri has shared a video which has gone viral on social media. The video shows Kapri, who is driving a car, interacting with a 19-year-old boy Pradeep Mehra, who is sprinting on a road in Noida in the dead of night. The filmmaker, presumably out of curiousity, slows down his car and initiates a conversation with him. The boy, an army aspirant, refused Kapri's offer repeatedly of dropping him home and explained to him why he runs 10 kilometers everyday. The video has gone viral with netizens including known public figures and politicians praising the boy for his spirit.