It's Delhi Traffic Police Vs Gurugram Police On Twitter. Nobody's Amused

We have come to love the wonderful way in which various police departments of the country run their social media handles - but something rather strange played out on Friday on Twitter. Instead of the hilarious memes and creative social messages that we have come to associate with police accounts, Delhi Traffic Police and Gurugram Police decided to play the blame game instead - and nobody was happy about it. As heavy rains on Friday brought traffic to a standstill in the National Capital Region, Delhi Traffic Police and Gurugram Police argued on Twitter over jurisdiction.

It began when a commuter tweeted Delhi Traffic Police about a traffic jam on NH 48
 

@gurgaonpolice @dtptraffic stuck for last one hour at NH 48 in front of ambience mall. Please help

- Birender Kumar Singh (@singhbk) September 22, 2017

Delhi Traffic Police then replied saying that the area was out of their jurisdiction and that the complaint was being forwarded to Gurugram Police
 

Thanks, matter is out of Delhi Police jurisdiction so your complaint is being forwarded to @gurgaonpolice for taking necessary action.

- Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) September 22, 2017

This in turn led to the Gurugram Police to counter by saying that it was traffic in Delhi that was causing congestion in Gurugram
 

@dtptraffic Plz clear your traffic over rajokri flyover. This is resulting in serious traffic congestion in Gurugram.

- Gurugram Police (@gurgaonpolice) September 22, 2017

Even though Delhi Traffic Police ended the blame game by saying that staff is present to regulate traffic, the Twitter exchange left many annoyed.
 

Lovely table tennis between 2 police teams who should be interdependent on each other.

- Sunil Issar (@SunilIssar) September 22, 2017

Well done both the, Public is suffering you guys are even confuse about your area.

- Rahul Zimmy (@hellorahul09) September 22, 2017

@dtptraffic how u know his location & decide on jurisdiction from your twitter account? This NH8 mess occurs every single day. @LtGovDelhi

- CA (@ca_ind) September 22, 2017

The old blame game of Delhi police, either the offence can be prosecuted on the spot, or out of jurisdiction or staff has been informed!!!

- Navneet (@nav_neet) September 22, 2017