In an incident of moral policing in Karnataka, a group of men in Mangalore attacked a group of women in a pub on Saturday afternoon.The attack was carried out by members of the Sri Ram Sena, who said they had received complaints from the public about the presence of young women.The five or six women in the pub were chased out and hit by the self-appointed moral police. Members of the Sri Ram Sena have justified their actions."The public had complained to us," said Dinakar Shetty, legal advisor to Sri Ram Sena.The police have made ten arrests in the case - charging the men with criminal assault, intimidation, outrage of modesty and criminal trespass."Strong action will be taken against the culprits," said A M Prasad, Inspector General, west Mangalore.This is sadly not an isolated incident of groups taking the law into their own hands. Churches and prayer halls around Mangalore were attacked just a few months ago over alleged conversions. In Bangalore, rave parties on the outskirts of the city were raided - not by police - but by members of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike.A state that once had a strong image of peace and tolerance seems to be heading in a very different direction now.
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Girls at pub chased, beaten up, molested in Mangalore
In an incident of moral policing in Karnataka, a group of men in Mangalore attacked a group of women in a pub on Saturday afternoon.The attack was carried out by members of the Sri Ram Sena, who said they had received complaints from the public about the presence of young women.The five or six women in the pub were chased out and hit by the self-appointed moral police. Members of the Sri Ram Sena have justified their actions."The public had complained to us," said Dinakar Shetty, legal advisor to Sri Ram Sena.The police have made ten arrests in the case - charging the men with criminal assault, intimidation, outrage of modesty and criminal trespass."Strong action will be taken against the culprits," said A M Prasad, Inspector General, west Mangalore.This is sadly not an isolated incident of groups taking the law into their own hands. Churches and prayer halls around Mangalore were attacked just a few months ago over alleged conversions. In Bangalore, rave parties on the outskirts of the city were raided - not by police - but by members of the Kannada Rakshana Vedike.A state that once had a strong image of peace and tolerance seems to be heading in a very different direction now.
