Berhampur SP's social media post using emojis to cover up faces of accused goes viral

Viral social media post by Berhampur SP covers accused faces with emojis, blending humor with arrest announcement.

A recent social media post by the Superintendent of Police, Berhampur, in Odisha, has gone viral as he used different emojis to cover the faces of the accused persons arrested in an assault case.

The post includes the faces of the four accused who have been covered with emojis portraying different emotions like one is pleading, another disappointed and a frowned, adding humour to the post.

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"Gopalpur Police team arrested four persons for assaulting a father and son," the SP said in a post on X on Friday (November 8, 2024) and it crossed 1.3 million views till Monday morning (November 11, 2024). As many as 2,952 users have liked it, while 925 have reposted and 218 commented on the post by the time.

In their reply, several users have praised Berhampur Police for portraying humour touch with the arrest of the accused persons. Several users praised the Berhampur Police post for blending humour with the arrest announcement.

“The accused were arrested on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) for allegedly assaulting K. Ganesh Reddy (34) and his father K. Kalu Reddy on November 4 following a quarrel,“ the police said.

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