Assam: Two Women Attacked In Moral Policing Incident in Barpeta

BARPETA: Yet another incident of moral policing was reported when a group of people harassed two young women near the bridge of the Beki river on National Highway 31 in Barpeta Road of Assam.

The two women were accused of carrying out alleged immoral acts at a dhaba located nearby and were attacked by the mob as a result.

Reports on the incident said the women were dragged out of the dhaba, verbally abused and even beaten by the public for carrying out such alleged immoral activities in the dhaba. The mob then went on a rampage inside the dhaba and ransacked the eatery. A customer was also reportedly attacked and was injured in the process.

However, a few youths displayed some chivalry and law-abiding nature, and managed to save the two young women.

Of the two young women, one hails from Rangia and the other from Pathshala.

Later, the girls were handed over to Barpeta Road police.

It now remains to be seen what kind of action the police will take against those who took the law into their hands.

Incidents of moral policing are not confined to Assam alone, such examples of people taking the law into their hands for perceived immoral activities can be found around the country.

The Subrahmanya police arrested two persons allegedly involved in the alleged assault on a 20-year-old Muslim man who was talking to a 17-year-old girl in the KSRTC bus stand in Karnataka’s Kukke Subrahmanya on January 5.

The alleged incident took place in the temple town of Kukke Subrahmanya, about 90 km from Mangaluru in Karnataka.

The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Radhakrishna, 45, and N. Vishwas, 19.

They are said to be part of a group of 12 persons who allegedly abducted the man after seeing him talking to the girl, who belongs to another faith and is a PU student. The group, which included some students of a local PU college, allegedly took the man to an old building and assaulted him. They left the place after allegedly threatening to kill him if he continues his relationship with the girl.

The father of girl later filed a complaint against the man accusing him of sexual harassment of his daughter.

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