It all happened when a ‘promoted’ tweet of West Bengal Police describing their heroics came up on the Twitter timeline. The act of bravery was finding a lost mobile phone, an ‘iPhone’, which was being returned by West Bengal Police to the rightful owner.
Of course, no deed is small enough, but the fact that it appeared as a ‘promoted’ tweet, meaning, the West Bengal Police paid money to bring that tweet on our Twitter timelines amused a lot of people. A lot of users voiced their surprise especially, as a lot of users pointed out that the ‘iPhone’ returned by West Bengal Police doesn’t really look like an iPhone.
That mobile isn’t iPhone
— the god (@babarbaaz_) January 5, 2018
Some users even mocked the West Bengal Police social media team by comparing it with teams of other cities and states.
UP Police – Most wanted criminal killed in encounter
Maharashtra Police – All districts equipped with cyber labs
West Bengal Police – pic.twitter.com/29NwI0jL3K— Spaminder Bharti (@attomeybharti) January 5, 2018
People also took digs on the fact that the ‘stolen’ phone returned doesn’t quite lok like an iPhone.
Shocking if not true! ? pic.twitter.com/WlJjMCgDiz
— Spaminder Bharti (@attomeybharti) January 5, 2018
Of course, the above image is Photoshopped.
No ???
— Spaminder Bharti (@attomeybharti) January 5, 2018
That’s not iPhone. Original maal chhupa ke duplicate de rahe ho bechaare ko? ? https://t.co/NZ3yhMqT9i
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) January 5, 2018
Pattern lock in iPhone. Wow iPhone looks like Android. If this is iPhone then Police is Thief!!
— Rj R?mmy (@crafted_soil) December 15, 2017
This is not the first time the same police station has found a lost phone, returned it to rightful owners and ‘promoted’ such tweets.
Well, going by the tweets, the police station specialises in returning phones and they take immense pride in it.
Stolen Mobile phone alongwith important documents recovered by RamnagarPS #PurbaMedinipur & handed over to the owner pic.twitter.com/yNQ8myC3ya
— West Bengal Police (@WBPolice) October 28, 2017
Two stolen mobile phones recovered by NandigramPS #PurbaMedinipur & handed over to the owners observing legal formalities. pic.twitter.com/7o17PfiBn3
— West Bengal Police (@WBPolice) October 10, 2017
