Mumbai Police had barred the booking of banquet halls, party clubs, boats, etc for the parties on December 31st night. Large gatherings at Marine Drive, Gateway of India and other places was also banned.
In the wake of Coronavirus pandemic and the night curfew put during New Year’s eve in Mumbai, the Mumbai Police’s social media team came up with some quirky tweets and reply on Twitter.
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On 31 December 2020, Mumbai police advised Mumbaikars to stay home on New Year’s Eve during the night curfew as a COVID-19 precaution. All this was done to maintain social distancing norms.
Single and ready to mingle but ONLINE.#SafetyFirstOn31st #StayHome #StaySafe #PartyResponsibly pic.twitter.com/llSHhma9ba
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) December 31, 2020
The tweet got a lot of retweets, replies and funny comments on the post. People appreciated the wit in the post and some asked some hilarious questions in regard to the post.
One particular guy tried to play along with Mumbai Police and asked:
“What if I reach her place by 11 PM and stay there overnight?”
What if I reach her place by 11pm and stay there overnight? 🤔
— Deepak Jain (@mrdeepakjain) December 31, 2020
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With his funny comment, Mumbai police didn’t take much to responded to the guy in it’s own style.
We hope you have taken her consent else we have an alternate accommodation for the night in mind for you! #ConsentMatters #SafetyFirstOn31st https://t.co/nKbdA64rOF
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) December 31, 2020
Mumbai Police’s response soon captured netizens attention. Applauding the reply, they shared various comments.
@MumbaiPolice is killing it with great memorable and connecting messaging 👍. If all the Start-Ups/new-economy Co could take a leaf out of their book on how to communicate and maximize your messaging – you can save half your investor money blown up paying @Facebook & @Google 😊😊
— Ronnie Screwvala (@RonnieScrewvala) December 31, 2020
Indian police talking about the concept of ‘consent’ brings tears in my eyes!
Humour on top is killer. 😂😍 https://t.co/S3y253AXa2— Ankita Gupta (@ankitaiitr) December 31, 2020
Love it. Love your cool tweets.👍Happy New Year to all of you in the Police force, thank you for all the effort you put in to keep us safe and protected.🙏❤ https://t.co/dcJQHRiYpT
— Kunickaa Sadanand (@Kunickaa) December 31, 2020
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Good one meme police 👮♀️
— Raj (@Robi8414) December 31, 2020
Brilliant sense of humour.
— NARENDRA NATH SHUKLA (@NDAYashoda) December 31, 2020
Thank you Mumbai police!
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