Niwari: The police in Madhya Pradesh’s Niwari district on Wednesday began “honouring” people who have taken the Covid-19 vaccine while pasting warning posters on those who have not taken the vaccine yet. In a video shared by news agency ANI, the police were seen pinning a badge that says, “I’m a true patriot as I’m vaccinated” on commuters who have taken the Covid-19 vaccine and those who haven’t got vaccinated were being made to wear a poster carrying a message, “Stay away from me as I am not vaccinated yet.”

In the video, a police official can be heard saying, “We are honouring those who have taken the vaccine and telling those who haven’t, to get vaccinated.” After pinning a badge on one bike -rider, the official can also be heard saying to him, “Tell people I have been vaccinated, which is why I have been felicitated.”

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The video has garnered over 21K views and hundreds of likes and comments where several netizens have slammed this initiative and said that “doing such a thing during a vaccination shortage period is not acceptable”. Let’s have a look at how Twitterati reacted to this:

This is not the first time Madhya Pradesh police has taken such a step, even earlier last month, a sub-inspector from Satna district “punished” lockdown violators by making them write the name for Lord Ram for 30-45 minutes and counselling them to stay at home and take care of their families.