It might seem bizarre to some that a high-level police team is finding out how and why a swarm of bees hovered around Mayawati as she delivered her speech at her party's silver jubilee celebrations on Monday. But in UP, the police is taking its job seriously.
So seriously that it has somehow managed to get an exact tally of how many bees bothered the Chief Minister (1.5 lakhs for those who're counting, along with the police assigned to this superhero task).
The Deputy Inspector General of Police shared the conclusions of the first stage of his inquiry on Thursday (yes, there will be other stages devoted to this issue in a state that has miserable crime statistics, including the maximum cases of sexual abuse of children). (Read: Bees at Mayawati rally: Police to investigate)
The highlights of his report include lavish praise for Mayawati's calm and composure for not allowing the bees to get in the way of her party, or rather, her party's party. The police say if Mayawati had lost her nerve, a stampede may have ensued.
Mayawati's party insists that the bees were driven to the chief minister's stage after her political opponents set a neat by mammoth bee hive on fire.
Police report on bees praises Mayawati's composure
Seriously, What the F??
So seriously that it has somehow managed to get an exact tally of how many bees bothered the Chief Minister (1.5 lakhs for those who're counting, along with the police assigned to this superhero task).
The Deputy Inspector General of Police shared the conclusions of the first stage of his inquiry on Thursday (yes, there will be other stages devoted to this issue in a state that has miserable crime statistics, including the maximum cases of sexual abuse of children). (Read: Bees at Mayawati rally: Police to investigate)
The highlights of his report include lavish praise for Mayawati's calm and composure for not allowing the bees to get in the way of her party, or rather, her party's party. The police say if Mayawati had lost her nerve, a stampede may have ensued.
Mayawati's party insists that the bees were driven to the chief minister's stage after her political opponents set a neat by mammoth bee hive on fire.
Police report on bees praises Mayawati's composure
Seriously, What the F??