Visuals of police lathi charging violators of the first ‘Janta Curfew’ last year are still afresh in people’s minds. The precursor to the national lockdown saw citizens, who were seen outside, facing the brunt of the long stick. Since then, it has become a new normal for lockdown violators to get a swing or two of the police cane.

However, as the saying goes “necessity is the mother of invention," a cyclist in Karnataka has found a novel way of circumventing the dreaded lathi.

In a video shared on Twitter by journalist Nolan Pinto, this cyclist in Udupi district is seen going about his way but with an aluminum sheet fixed at the back of his seat in a vertical position, thus saving his back from turning blue. The man was also seen protecting his head with a helmet and with the mandatory facemask.

“With many motorists receiving a couple of sharp thwacks of the lathi land on their buttocks, this cyclist in Udupi comes prepared with rear protection, helmet and a mask," tweeted Pinto after reports of police strictness against lockdown violators emerged from Karnataka.

Karnataka Cyclist Has a Unique 'Jugaad' to Avoid Police's Lathi During Lockdown

This cyclist in Udupi district is seen going about his way but with an aluminum sheet fixed at the back of his seat in a vertical position, thus saving his back from turning blue.