Mumbai Police Just Delivered a Major Burn to Shobhaa De

Shobhaa De pisses Twitterati off. Again.

Over the last year or so, the Mumbai Police has impressed social media users with their wit and humour on Twitter. However, columnist Shobhaa De found out about this the hard way after she attempted to body-shame Mumbai police personnel.

Inspired by the heavy police deployment in Mumbai, for the BMC elections on 21 February, De tweeted the following:

Heavy police bandobast in Mumbai today! pic.twitter.com/sY0H3xzXl3

— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 21, 2017

Here is how the Mumbai Police responded:

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

While De’s tweet is in bad taste, it was also copied off another tweet.

.@MumbaiPolice you can forgive her for not being a responsible citizen but you should charge her for Copying others Tweet. pic.twitter.com/PjNUI1z5pA

— PhD in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) February 21, 2017

The columnist’s tweet drew severe criticism. Twitter is a mean place, Shobha De. Perhaps meaner than you are for body shaming!

Well done @MumbaiPolice Citizens need to respect our men in uniform who toil hard, night & day. Can't be fashionable to make fun of cops. https://t.co/E45z1Bvw22

— Rahul Kanwal (@rahulkanwal) February 21, 2017

@MumbaiPolice @DeShobhaa she does maintain her deplorable standard's & unceremonial rants. Thanks to Mumbai police for a safe Election

— Harish Jaiswal (@HarishJaiswal) February 22, 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

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

Guess who’s laughing now

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