Coronavirus: Indian man livestreams while breaking lockdown, police makes him share his arrest online too
Abhinay Soni decided to take a joyride in Raipur amidst COVID-19 lockdown
A man in Chhattisgarh decided to livestream on Facebook while he broke the lockdown restrictions, as punishment, when he got caught, police made him post pictures on his page about the arrest, too.
The incident took place in the city of Raipur, where the local police caught the man, identified as Abhinay Soni, breaching lockdown rules. Soon after, he was made to post pictures of himself getting arrested on his Facebook page.
On Sunday night, Soni decided to go out on a joyride in his car, breaking the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The police made the accused write on his Facebook page that he has been arrested by Mandir Hasoud police, English news channel, The Times Now reported.
"Last night, I broke the lockdown and did a Facebook live. And now as a responsible citizen, I have surrendered before the police and [got] arrested," the caption Soni posted read.
Raipur police Superintendent of Police (SP) Arif Sheikh also tweeted about the incident.
Sheikh, @arifhs1, tweeted: "Last night, a youth violated the lockdown and also live-streamed his act on Facebook. The result was that he had to live-stream his arrest on Facebook. Either it is lockdown, social media or traffic rules, we should all be following the rules responsibly, otherwise we are there."
Most social media users commented on the incident, finding it hilarious.
Some, like tweep @THE_REFORMER_78, thought it was an appropriate punishment: "Befitting response by police."
Recently, a similar incident took place in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh when a youngster drove his sports car amidst the lockdown. He was made to do sit-ups for violating restrictions and not wearing a mask. A video was posted online of the incident.