One minute they’re dancing in the street in comical coronavirus helmets, the next they’re seen beating people for flouting a nationwide lockdown – Indian police have played “good cop, bad cop” in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus.The streets of India’s cities have been largely deserted for more than a week of the government’s 21-day lockdown– no mean feat in a country of 1.3 billion people famed for their flexible attitude towards authority.
