Delhi Police took the help of a local artist who dressed up as a Yamraj, God of death, to appeal to people to stay indoors. Making rounds of RK Puram locality, Delhi Police's Yamraj spread the message of ‘stay home, stay safe'.
"Delhiites, I am giving you the warning, again; if you love your life, stay inside your home and stay safe. Otherwise, coronavirus, my messenger, will take you to yamlok (hell)."
Cops in other states including Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have also resorted to similar tactic to ensure citizens adhere to the lockdown.
Mumbai Police, usually known for its humorous and quirky content on social media, has been giving out the message in a filmy way. Taking reference from different Bollywood movies and their title, Mumbai Police has been promoting preventive and precautionary measures to combat COVID-19.
Tweeting a video clip from Shah Rukh Khan's popular film Main Hoon Na, Mumbai Police asked citizens to wear a mask.
In another post, Mumbai Police took Irrfan Khan's popular meme giving two options - loitering during lockdown and Irrfan Khan movie marathon at home. The options were accompanied with Irrfan Khan's photo disapproving the former option and nodding to the later one.
In Chandni Chowk's Chandni Mahal area, Delhi Police has placed ‘scarecrows' in the form of coronavirus to reiterate the message that venturing out of the house is dangerous and in bid to protect oneself from contracting the Novel Coronavirus, one should stay at home only and follow government's guidelines.
The ‘scarecrow' clad in full sleeves clothes, sunglasses and a face mask has a coronavirus theme helmet on his head. While in one hand, the scarecrow is holding the coronavirus, in other hand, it holds the message board that reads ‘stay at home' in Hindi.
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