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While netizens are coming up with creative ways to fight boredom amid the 21-day lockdown due to COVID-19, police departments across the country are also inventing novel ways to spread awareness about the virus, which has infected more than 1200 people in India.
Recently, a cop in Chennai was seen wearing a coronavirus-inspired helmet and urging people to stay indoors. Now, a video of a policeman in Chhattisgarh singing Lata Mangeshkar’s popular track ‘Ek Pyar ka Nagma hai’ from the 1972 movie ‘Shor’ while advising people to take precautions amid rising cases of coronavirus in the city has gone viral.
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In the video, policeman Abhinav Upadhyay can be heard singing the soulful song albeit tweaking the lyrics to warn people about the spread of the infection.
Watch the video here:
Since being shared online, the viral clip has garnered over 50,000 views and has amassed several comments from many, including film director Vishal Bhardwaj.
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