Indian police have always been quick to adopt social media trends and other creative measures to send their message across.?
In July, when Drake's worldwide hit, 'Kiki' song had every citizen dancing to the rapper's tune alongside a moving car, the Indian police issued swift rules and regulations forbidding people to perform the challenge.?The Mumbai police even used a snapshot from Netflix original series, 'Sacred Games' to strike a chord with Mumbaikars and had drawn a lot of praise for their creative use of the digital medium.
Police work is not always about force. It is a combination of mind application and physical action. In trying situations, the police have to often use tricks and tactics to shoo the miscreants away.?
A recent incident from the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh has come to light where a policeman can be seen imitating the sound of a gunshot saying "Thaai thaai, bhaago bhaago" to scare the criminals away.
The cop had to mimic the gun sound after the pistol held by his fellow colleague jammed, the Times Now reported.?Reportedly, the video was shot on October 12 when the police faced a confrontation with the charge-sheeters. The video was posted by Uttar Pradesh. Org news handle on micro-blogging site, Twitter.?
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The station-in-charge enacted the voice to make the history-sheeters afraid of the police. When the criminals were asked to stop their vehicle at the routine checkpoint, the offenders broke the barricades and tried to flee the situation. However, an intense operation was carried out by the local police officials and the criminals were arrested.
One of the gang members with a Rs 25,000 bounty on his head was also apprehended. Though, during the encounter,?an inspector and constable were injured by bullets fired at them by the miscreants.?The criminals are being interrogated by the police to get more details about the accomplices involved in the goof up.?Police also recovered a stolen Scorpio car and a country-made gun along with live rounds from the arrested criminal.?