‪‪Shobhaa De shares `funny` post on Twitter, Mumbai Police gives it back to author - Read

On Tuesday evening, Shobhaa De had tweeted a picture of an overweight policeman with a caption saying, “Heavy police bandobast in the city today!”

Pic courtsey: Twitter

Mumbai: Columnist Shobhaa De has drawn frown again. This time, Shobhaa tried to poke fun at the Mumbai Police with her tweet. However, it did not go down well with the Mumbai Police, which gave a stern reply to the author-columnist.

On Tuesday evening, De had tweeted a picture of an overweight policeman with a caption saying, “Heavy police bandobast in the city today!”

Almost three hours later, the Mumbai Police, through their official Twitter handle @MumbaiPolice, responded to the tweet, saying: “We love puns too Ms. De but this one is totally misplaced. Uniform/official not ours. We expect better from responsible citizens like you.”

The tweet went viral and got over 1,000 comments, most of them hailing the Mumbai Police and lashing out at De.

The Mumbai Police pinned the tweet on their homepage.

Here is what De tweeted:

Heavy police bandobast in Mumbai today! pic.twitter.com/sY0H3xzXl3 — Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 21, 2017

We love puns too Ms De but this one is totally imisplaced. Uniform/official not ours. We expect better from responsible citizens like you. https://t.co/OcKOoHO5bX — Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) February 21, 2017

This is how Twitterati responded:

. @MumbaiPolice Shame on @DeShobhaa for making fun of a health issue!! So disgusting. — Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) February 21, 2017

Kudos @MumbaiPolice for standing up for dignity!
Seems celebs look out for their own image but put down ors.
About time people called it out — Amrita Bhinder (@amritabhinder) February 21, 2017

.@MumbaiPolice Truely cool & professional response to a 60year old juvenile graceless woman — Nitin Kapoor (@NitinKapoor2020) February 21, 2017

.@rituvashi Ms De is very thick skinned..you can flog her all day & she won't even feel a tickle on her skin!
So no cruelty!@MumbaiPolice — Nitin Kapoor (@NitinKapoor2020) February 21, 2017

@MumbaiPolice well said but please forgive Shobha aunty ....its called attempted humour cum hallucinations as age sets in  — Suresh Menon #Kaabil (@sureshnmenon) February 21, 2017

@MumbaiPolice U owned @DeShobhaa with this one 

Toooooooo Good! — Ravijot Singh (@NationalistRavi) February 21, 2017

@rishibagree
Even if uniform was of @MumbaiPolice , so what?
Isn't it ironic that 'liberals' are mocking one's obesity!
Utterly shameful. — Darshan Amin (@iDarshanAmin) February 21, 2017

Kudos to @MumbaiPolice for giving a much needed Slap on the face to @DeShobhaa for insulting Men in Uniform without verifying facts pic.twitter.com/l4tTq8m9V7 — Archie (@Archu243) February 21, 2017

@MumbaiPolice for the sharp retort. Fat shaming is vulgar, sickening and a despicable crime against human dignity. — Roflindian (@Roflindian) February 21, 2017