"When I reached the police-station, the inspector handed me that shaming sign and clicked my picture," Alim told Reuters. I do not know who to complain to now," added Alim, who also accused officers of verbally abusing him. Meerut police tweeted a picture of Alim holding a sign that read "I am a friend of coronavirus" with the caption, "Some people do not care about society's safety." Meerut police official Akhilesh Narayan Singh told Reuters that only people who did not follow orders to turn around and go home were photographed, adding that 22 cases of lockdown violations had been filed. People hold their ears while doing sit-ups as a punishment for breaking a lockdown imposed to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, March 24, 2020.

Source: bd News24 March 24, 2020 09:11 UTC