Indian Cop Turns Into Social Media Hero for Converting Baton Into Flute (VIDEO)

15:45 GMT, 29 May 2019

A top police official, after learning about the 52-year-old policeman, invited him to play it before his fellow officers. Later, just as his video clip was posted on social media, it turned viral, evoking over 90,000 views, over 10,000 likes, and more than 2,300 retweets in just 24 hours.

Sputnik

New Delhi (Sputnik): A police constable in the southern Indian state of Karnataka has become a major draw on social media for converting his fibre-made baton into a flute that he loves to play during idle time.

The policeman drilled eight holes into his three-foot long baton given to him for policing and turned it into a musical instrument. Chandrakant Hutgi works as head constable in the Hubli Rural Police Station.

"Making musical instruments and playing them have been my hobby for long. I turned the fibre lathi, given to me for policing, into a flute to play folk songs when I'm free from work", Chandrakant Hutgi told IANS.

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"We are proud of him", said Bhaskar Rao, an Indian Police Service official, adding that while posting the video online, he called the head constable to his chamber on Monday after receiving lots of praise from colleagues about Hutgi. Police use their batons to control unruly civilians.

Some people on twitter quipped that, "It's wonderful how something negative like a weapon that's used by the Police can be turned into something positive like a Flute! Great perspective".