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:
Here is how the Mumbai Police responded:
While De’s tweet is in bad taste, it was also copied off another tweet.
The columnist’s tweet drew severe criticism. Twitter is a mean place, Shobha De. Perhaps meaner than you are for body shaming!
Guess who’s laughing now
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