Moral Policing Strikes Again, Couple Travelling Together Thrashed & Forced To Marry In Assam
The video of the incident went viral on social media following which two people were arrested. The mob waylaid the couple in their 20s and assaulted them at Pukhurpur village. The brother of the man who was attacked has claimed that villagers later held a meeting and forced the two to get married.
In yet another case of moral policing, an unmarried couple from Assam going on a motorcycle was assaulted by locals for travelling together. The video of the incident went viral on social media, following which two people were arrested.
The mob waylaid the couple in their 20s and assaulted them at Pukhurpur village in Rongjuli area on June 19.
The brother of the man who was attacked has claimed that villagers later held a meeting and forced the two to get married, says the PTI report.
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Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said that as no case was filed, the police registered a case and investigations were on. While one person was arrested on Thursday, another person was picked up Friday morning, police said.
They were booked under various IPC sections including 342 (wrongful confinement), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 354b (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe).
