Recent incidents of moral policing in India

Karva Chauth
CNN-IBN has a short list of incidents of moral policing in the country in recent times.

CNN-IBN has a short list of incidents of moral policing in the country in recent times: [Link]

  • In April 2007, the Mumbai Police overstepped their brief by booking nearly 100 couples at Bandra sea front, under sections of vulgarity and obscenity.
  • Hindu Rashtra Sena vandalised Star News office the same year for carrying news of an intercaste couple who had eloped.
  • VHP and Bajrang Dal came out in full support of cops of Meerut who went around town beating couples in parks in 2005.
  • Three years ago a girl was allegedly harassed by fellow students for wearing jeans and T-shirt at the Aligarh Muslim University.
  • The same year constables of the Noida Police beat up a man allegedly for talking to a female friend in a market.