Police do ‘aarti’ of lockdown rule-breakers

Police across India have notoriously tried to implement the lockdown by resorting to high-handed and disproportionate force. Recently, the video clip of a bank employee being beaten up by constables in Bengaluru went viral. Many Netizens outraged that an employee was ill-treated by cops merely because he was on the way to attend his duty.

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For a change, the Karnataka police have replaced force with hospitality. As reported by India TV, policemen were seen doing an aarti of lockdown rule-breakers somewhere in the State. 

While aarti has a pious place in the universe of religious rituals, the policemen did it to mock the rule-breakers. 

This year, the lockdown has seen greater number of violations even though the second wave is horribly fierce. It’s because of the lockdown fatigue in the general public.