Published 13:15 IST, March 25th 2020

Mumbai police turn astrologer to keep people at home amid complete lockdown

Mumbai police in order to spread awareness about the importance of maintaining social distancing and staying at home, turned creative with its social media post

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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India from midnight of March 24 went into a complete nationwide lockdown in order to prevent its 1.2 billion people from community transmission. Like every or law enforcement ncy, Mumbai police have also stepped up its vigil to make sure people are adhering to lockdown measures that have been put in place in wake of coronavirus outbreak. Mumbai police in order to spread awareness about importance of maintaining social distancing and staying at home, turned creative with its social media posts and became an astrologer. 

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Mumbai police on March 24 took to its official Twitter handle to share future predictions for all 12 signs in horoscope. Even if one doesn't believe in astrology, Mumbai police's creative idea with a bit of humour deserves an applaud. Netizens humoured police department's tweet with ir own set of memes and jokes, while some took opportunity to register ir complaints. 

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Complete lockdown

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 anunced that India will go into a nationwide lockdown for three weeks until April 15. latest move by authorities is in view of rapid escalation of coronavirus cases around world. India has so far recorded 562 COVID-19 positive cases and 11 people have lost ir lives to disease. 

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13:15 IST, March 25th 2020