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Bengaluru Police’s tricky riddles are all about important messages. Can you solve them all?

Bengaluru Police is sharing riddle posts to spread awareness among people.

Published on: Jun 10, 2020, 17:09:58 IST
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If you like solving riddles, you’ll love these posts by Bengaluru Police. Even if you’re not an enthusiast, chances are these posts will pique your interest, mainly because of the important messages they convey.

One of the riddles shared by Bengaluru Police. (Twitter/@BlrCityPolice)
One of the riddles shared by Bengaluru Police. (Twitter/@BlrCityPolice)

For the past few days, every now and then, the department is taking to Twitter to share posts in the form of riddles to encourage people to adhere to guidelines or to create awareness amid the ongoing pandemic. Their latest post, shared less than an hour ago, is an example of that attempt.

“Think short acronym. Think ‘can I reorder the words to answer the riddle,” with this caption, this is what the department shared:

Several people attempted to solve the puzzle with most tweeple sharing the correct answer.

In case you are wondering, the answer is WHO or World Health Organisation.

A day ago, they shared a “little tricky” but absolutely important riddle. Take a look:

By now you must have cracked the puzzle and guessed the answer. Yes, it is social distancing, an important step which is the need of the hour.

Bengaluru Police also created an “easy” yet necessary puzzle for tweeple. They asked “what spreads like wildfire and has no basis in reality?” If you’re thinking it is fake news, then you’re absolutely right.

Here’s what the department tweeted:

They also created a “hard” riddle related to hand sanitisers and shared this:

All the posts by the department received appreciation from different people. While some gave the right answers to the riddles, others lauded the department’s creativity.

Were you able to solve all the riddles?

  • Trisha Sengupta
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    Trisha Sengupta

    Trisha Sengupta is a Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of digital newsroom experience. Specialising in high-engagement storytelling, she blends viral trends with traditional journalism to cover the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. Her reporting spans real estate and personal finance struggles in hubs like Bengaluru and Gurgaon, the NRI experience, and corporate shifts like tech layoffs. Trisha also frequently tracks global figures and writes human interest stories. Offline, Trisha is an avid reader, history enthusiast and solo traveler. She balances her journalism career with family life while actively integrating AI tools into her modern storytelling approach.Read More