Bmc elections: a day after 'tasteless' tweet, shobhaa de issues 'non-apology' on twitter

The socialite apologised to the Mumbai and Maharashtra police, but asked the MP police to get the cop a dietician A day after columnist and socialite Shobhaa De was told off by the Mumbai

police over a picture of a hefty policeman, she issued an apology on Twitter.  De on Tuesday had created controversy when she posted the picture of the cop sitting on a chair with the tag

line "Heavy police Bandobast in Mumbai today!" > Heavy police bandobast in Mumbai today! pic.twitter.com/sY0H3xzXl3 > — Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 21, 2017 The tweet

went viral just few minutes after it was posted and comments and criticism on the tweet started coming in. Though, she had not tagged Mumbai police in the post, she received a reply from

them which said, "We love puns too Ms De but this one is totally misplaced. Uniform/official not ours. We expect better from responsible citizens like you." > We love puns too 

Ms De but this one is totally imisplaced. > Uniform/official not ours. We expect better from responsible > citizens like you. https://t.co/OcKOoHO5bX > — Mumbai Police 

(@MumbaiPolice) February 21, 2017 A day after, however, De apologised, with a tweet saying, "Mumbai/Maharashtra Police, pranaam. No offence intended. M.P. police, consult a dietician,if

it's an asli, undoctored image doing the rounds," she tweeted. > Mumbai/Maharashtra Police, pranaam. No offence intended. M.P. > police, consult a dietician,if it's an 

asli ,undoctored image doing > the rounds > — Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) February 22, 2017 Twitter also wasn't forgiving with a number of individuals asking the writer to get

professional help. > @DeShobhaa and you please consult a therapist. Calm your mind. Think > logic Talk logic. > — Saksham Puri (@sakshampuri14) February 22, 2017 > @DeShobhaa 

Imagine the outrage if a man had suggested the same to a > woman > — Kedar (@OhTeriTo) February 22, 2017 Some even questioned De's credentials as a journalist with someone asking

her to think of an alternative career.  > @DeShobhaa ma'am, you forwarded the picture without any proof > despite being a journalist. I recommend u should try a different > 

profession. > — Lavish Gupta (@LavishGupta17) February 22, 2017