India, Nov. 14 -- Haryana DGP O.P. Singh kicked a hornet's nest last weekend when he called Mahindra Thar drivers "crazy" at a press conference. Social media erupted instantly. Some users agreed, saying they actively keep their distance from the SUV on the roads, while Thar owners slammed the remark as an unfair generalisation.

Barely a day later, irony struck. A Thar was found submerged in a Delhi lake after a stunt allegedly went wrong. Soon after, a video surfaced of a YouTuber splashing petrol on his Thar at a fuel station, allegedly for viral content. And then came another clip, a group of boys in a Thar assaulting a woman outside a Delhi hotel, prompting comments like, "This is what the DGP was talking about".

Rewind a little. In ...