Lesson Learnt: Tamil Nadu Cops Put Lockdown Violators In Ambulance With 'Fake' COVID-19 Patient
Despite repeated warnings about the risks of stepping out amid the coronavirus pandemic there are some who just dont seem to care about the rules. In cities across India police are stationed at various places to keep an eye out for these violators. The cops have been forced to use severe methods of punishment from lathi charge to making people do sit-ups.
Despite repeated warnings about the risks of stepping out amid the coronavirus pandemic, there are some who just don't seem to care about the rules.
In cities across India, police are stationed at various places to keep an eye out for these violators. The cops have been forced to use severe methods of punishment from lathi charge to making people do sit-ups.
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In Tamil Nadu's Tirupur district, cops stationed at a checkpoint in the city, came up with a quirky idea to teach lockdown violators a lesson. In a video that's going viral, the cops can be seen stopping men riding in threes on two-wheelers without a mask.
TN police putting lockdown violators in ambulance having fake coronavirus patient to make them realise their mistake ????? pic.twitter.com/OcePgZRLcR
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The authorities then take them to the side of the road and things escalate quickly thereafter. They push them into an ambulance saying there's a COVID-19 infected patient sitting inside.
The men, visibly scared, then run for their lives and can be seen jumping out of the ambulance out of fear of getting infected. Little did they know that it was a clever ploy by the police to scare the bejesus out of them. The cops had a man pose as a coronavirus patient apparently to teach the violators a lesson.
"There can be #coronavirus anywhere, that's why govt, police are repeatedly requesting people to #StayHome #WearAMask while coming out," says a #Tiruppur Police officer, also informing, the person inside IS NOT a #COVID (+ve) patient but a commoner.
¡ª Apoorva Jayachandran (@Jay_Apoorva18) April 24, 2020
The fear in the youth's eyes! pic.twitter.com/VyjUGkMn8F
In a follow-up video, a lady cop on duty said that this was done to highlight the importance of staying indoors and to urge people to not venture out unnecessarily. She also clarified that the man wearing PPE in the ambulance was not a coronavirus patient. He was only playing a prank on the people who broke the rules.
The video ends with a message to all highlighting the importance of staying indoors to help in the fight against coronavirus.
