The video ends with the message that "spitting in public places can increase the risk of spread of COVID-19 and it is a punishable offence".
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The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday posted a creative video on Twitter to send out a message to the people of the state. They used a scene from the 1975 cult classic "Sholay".
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गब्बर को मिली किस बात की सज़ा ? pic.twitter.com/3Dq5UkfIcK
— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) January 20, 2021
The 23-seconds video clip shared by Uttar Pradesh police shows a scene from the movie in which iconic villain 'Gabbar', played by late actor Amjad Khan, spits in the open. As the video moves further, the film's protagonist 'Thakur', played by late actor Sanjeev Kumar, catches the villain.
"Why was 'Gabbar' punished?" reads the running text on the video. The video ends with the message that "spitting in public places can increase the risk of spread of COVID-19 and it is a punishable offence".
Everyday we see people in cars taking the pain of opening the door while driving
— Sugandha (@sugandha_03) January 20, 2021
N spitting either
decorating the roads red or sending all sorts of virus through spit in our shoes....!!
what UP police has achieved in short span, no other state's police can even think of... the difference is for everyone to see, for everyone to feel.
— monk (@archnaverma) January 20, 2021
Epic UP Police. 😅😈 Awesome.
— Mani Rai (@Real_ManiRai) January 21, 2021
You people are doing amazing job cleaning my home state. I love you for this.
Keep up the good work and whatever bad elements are still left, wish you good luck to be done with it.
The video has garnered over 3.25 lakh views and over 5,000 retweets. Commenting on the post, one user said, "Good message by this clip", while a second user commented, "Spitting and smoking at public places should be strictly banned". A third user wrote, "Epic UP Police. Awesome. You people are doing amazing job cleaning my home state. I love you for this."