At this point, if there is one police account you should follow on Twitter, it should be Mumbai Police's. The Mumbai Police Twitter account definitely knows how to keep things interesting by regularly throwing interesting challenges and puzzles at its followers. Of course, all their puzzles and witty graphics have an important social message behind them. This time is no different. About three hours ago, the Mumbai Police tweeted a "spot the difference" challenge that shows two seemingly-identical scenes in front of the Flora Fountain in Mumbai. However, there is one crucial difference between the two pictures. Can you figure it out?
Sometimes the slightest difference in your surroundings, can lead to major odds! Don’t take a chance #Dial100 pic.twitter.com/AtVsSP3V5N
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) June 1, 2018
Puzzled? Well, it is the presence of a suspicious bag in the second picture that escaped many:
pic.twitter.com/XYY1c5uzDo
— Er. Vaibhav Shyani (@VaibhavShyani) June 1, 2018
The "Spot the Difference" puzzle is part of an initiative by the Mumbai Police to raise awareness about reporting unattended bags and suspicious objects. "Unattended objects, packages, briefcases or bags may simply be forgotten or discarded by mistake - but it's better to be safe than sorry," they write.
In the past, Mumbai Police has used a Stranger Things reference to drive home the point about suspicious and unattended bags being reported to the police:
#Dial100 on seeing strange things, to avoid stranger things from happening! pic.twitter.com/37TZLDAvTv
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) May 26, 2018
As always, this time too, netizens praised Mumbai Police for their innovative way of delivering social messages:
"an unknown bag" is the diff, on a busy road people passing unnoticed of it. I am loving @MumbaiPolice tweets on various traffic and safety issues and awareness for all citizens.. Its so motivating to see microlevel interest. Let us all pledge to be aware n conscious.#Mumbaikars https://t.co/FgzKLeUaha
— Ashhi L Thakar (@aashhi) June 1, 2018
After #Amul this will be the best creatives on contemporary issues and communicating creatively !! https://t.co/dszw45m2o5
— Kumardeep Banerjee (@kumar_deep) June 1, 2018
Here are some dos and don'ts to follow if you come across any suspicious objects.
This is not the first time that Mumbai Police has impressed with its social media strategy. Just yesterday, their playlist for criminals had garnered much appreciation on Twitter.
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