HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad police were pressured to unblock the Twitter account of activist Vijay Gopal following an outrage. Police blocked him on Twitter as Gopal, who led the marketing campaign against parking rate collection by means of business complexes in violation of regulations, was once steadily tagging them every time shops and multiplex theatres in the town violated the regulation.
On Wednesday, @hydcitypolice unblocked Gopal and addressed him as 'Dear Citizen' after Twitterati took on the police. Gopal told TOI: "On Tuesday, when I tried to tag city police on a parking violation, I realised that it blocked me. I was surprised, and I think they may have blocked me as I have been making too many complaints about parking violations. It was because of my fight against parking irregularities in the city that the state government brought out a policy of free parking. Initially, the city police responded to my tweets and took action. When I realised I was blocked, I tweeted to my followers about this. There was an outrage against the police move, and it was because of their support that cops were forced to unblock me."
He mentioned that he would continue to complain against the irregularities in choice of parking rate as well as spotlight colleges and faculties amassing donations.
One Srikanth Raj tweeted to the DGP and minister KTR, "This not fair, unblock the ID immediately." After unblocking, police tweeted, "We regret the inconvenience. We answered ur issues earlier, with all status-updates available with us or which we tracked on behalf of you dear citizen-regarding issues which you reported. We tried our best to address and answer. We appreciate your efforts too."
On Wednesday, @hydcitypolice unblocked Gopal and addressed him as 'Dear Citizen' after Twitterati took on the police. Gopal told TOI: "On Tuesday, when I tried to tag city police on a parking violation, I realised that it blocked me. I was surprised, and I think they may have blocked me as I have been making too many complaints about parking violations. It was because of my fight against parking irregularities in the city that the state government brought out a policy of free parking. Initially, the city police responded to my tweets and took action. When I realised I was blocked, I tweeted to my followers about this. There was an outrage against the police move, and it was because of their support that cops were forced to unblock me."
He mentioned that he would continue to complain against the irregularities in choice of parking rate as well as spotlight colleges and faculties amassing donations.
One Srikanth Raj tweeted to the DGP and minister KTR, "This not fair, unblock the ID immediately." After unblocking, police tweeted, "We regret the inconvenience. We answered ur issues earlier, with all status-updates available with us or which we tracked on behalf of you dear citizen-regarding issues which you reported. We tried our best to address and answer. We appreciate your efforts too."
Hyd cops unblock activist after outrage
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