This Mumbai Police Tweet Sparks Meme Fest On Twitter

The Mumbai Police from its Twitter handle shared a post urging the social media users to verify the authenticity of the messages and news before they hit the share button.

NEW DELHI: The Mumbai Police from its Twitter handle shared a post urging the social media users to verify the authenticity of the messages and news before they hit the share button. They posted a template "Verify Before You Share" on the micro-blogging site, cautioning people to be aware of fake news and rumours. However, the post went viral and sparked a meme fest on Twitter. The tweet started attracting a lot of peculiar comments with some asking the police to "verify" before they "arrest" while others demanding that the cops should "investigate properly" before they take accused in custody. Some even urged the city police should first take action against actor Priyanka Chopra for bursting crackers in her pre-wedding ceremony. "Great verify before you make innocent culprit. Verify before involving in corruption yourself. Verify before influencing the case for many and honey. Please verify yourself," a user tweeted.

Great verify before you make innocent culprit, Verify before involving in corruption your self, Verify before influencing the case for many and honey Please verify your self

— Jitendra singh (@jitendra27singh) December 2, 2018

Some were of the opinion that the Tweet by Mumbai Police has "backfired".

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Tweet BACKFIRED😂 |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Synaptic Vessicle (@Periperichicke3) December 2, 2018

Here's how Twitter reacted to the Mumbai Police's "Verify Before You Share" advice:

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Verify Before You arrest |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Ritesh Chandekar🇮🇳 (@riteshchandekar) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Verify Before You Catch Innocent |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Rishabh Singh (@rishabhsingh_7) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Verify Before You charge |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Sai Naiksatam (@SNaiksatam) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Verify Before You registered Fake Complaint |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) /

— Sumit Borade (@Boradesmit) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Bribe us Before You pay Fine |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Rachit Visaria (@rachitsays) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Increase Executive Support On 100 |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Sunil Gupta (@HeySunilGupta) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Arrest everyone Using this format |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— 🇮🇳Devesh Pandey🇮🇳 (@Jhalla_wallah) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Arrest Priyanka and Nick for bursting Fire Crackers |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Wolverine (@HinduWolverine) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| At Least Reply to |＿＿＿Tweets＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Rohit Godbole (@Rohitgodbole1) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Verify Before You Penalise |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Arindam Mahapatra (@Maha7Arindam) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Change handle name To Traffic police |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— SWAPNESH SACHAN🇮🇳 (@swapneshsachan) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Be vigilant and stop crime Before it happens! Keep target to reduce crimes than collection targets! |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— हर्ष (@Hrsh95887732) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| You guys are Cool |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— Venk-E (@cosmovenky) December 2, 2018

to @MumbaiPolice |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Twitter troll se Chutkara dilao |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (•◡•) / / --- | |

— V (@vr1998_) December 2, 2018

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ | Verify Mumbai's Footpaths, Roads Encroaching by hawkers By paying Chiri Miri's to Govt Officers.. |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ | (•◡•) / / --- | |

— # (@Sandy_19mum) December 2, 2018