Vigilante commuters who leapt into action when a Tube passenger dropped his trousers in a packed carriage with children present could be arrested for taking the law into their own hands. Loading audio...

Commuters could have assaulted the naked man on the District line in east London, British Transport Police believe.

London Underground passengers tackled and removed a naked man from the a tube train after he removed his trousers and flashed young children.

Detectives are now probing into whether the train travellers committed any criminal offences.

The incident, captured by a fellow passenger on the Hammersmith & City line at around 3.30pm on Thursday August 7, shows the male passenger - who is seen to wear only headphones and a t-shirt, then becoming confrontational.

When challenge

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