The police in Mumbai have finally found something constructive to do as far as law and order is concerned — they have started detaining couples cosying up on the seafront. The Bandra police station has been conducting a special drive over the last one week or so rounding up couples for getting to close for comfort in public.
Uh, too close?
We have been told the exuberant policemen have so far detained close to 100 couples under the Bombay Police Act after receiving complaints from locals. These couples were let off after paying a fine of not more than Rs 1,200. So, someone made some money too?
Some justification was found in Hindustan Times [Link].
“We received many complaints from local residents in the past few months about the obscene behaviour of the couples on the promenades. According to the complaintants, the public display of intimacy and affection embarrasses residents, especially senior citizens and women who take their children for walks there,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (West Region) Bipin Bihari said. “We had no choice but to take a stern action against the erring couples. For many it may be moral policing, but we are just doing our job.”
Some justification!
Now, if the Mumbai policemen show the same zeal and efficiency in eliminating the city's infamous underworld, you will agree, they will be rendering greater service to the nation.
The nation, for its part, seems more keen on gunning for soft targets.
