Following online backlash, ex-top cop Bhaskar Rao makes a U-turn after praising lawyer who threw shoe at CJI

Bengaluru, ,8/10: Former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao was bashed online after he expressed admiration towards lawyer Rakesh Kishore who hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gawai.

Rao, a BJP leader, later said sorry when his admiration tweet went viral, earning the wrath of netizens.

Even if it is legally & terribly wrong, I admire your courage, at your age, to take a stand and live by it, irrespective of consequences [sic],” Rao said in a tweet responding to a handle impersonating Kishore.