Caught On Tape: Couple Harassed By Police In Kerala

Kerala Feb 22 : In yet another incident of moral policing, cops from Museum Police Station in Thiruvananthapuram allegedly arrested a couple who were sitting together in a park in the area.As the police were harassing the couple, the irked man Vishnu Vichu used his phone to live stream the entire episode, which has raised the issue of moral policing by local cops once again.

Soon after the incident, Vichu described the entire incident of Facebook and condemned the cops for their act.He said, "My fault was that I had put my arm around the shoulder of my female friend. They accused us of being vulgar. We took a live video and asked them to say according to which law were we wrong. and they had no clear answer."
                                   


"They took us to the police station calling me things like bloody rascal. At the police station they called our parents. The policewoman who took us in the first place who didn't even have a name tag was abusing my friend harshly. then they let us go, but when we demanded to wait for the media and see the AC they said they will charge us," he added."At last they charged us a petty a released us. This is not the first or second time moral policing by the police itself is happening in this area. Our intention of responding is simple. This must stop," Vichu concluded.

The video posted by the Vichu went viral and showed two female and one male cop asking the couple whether they were married and that sitting together in the park was 'vulgar'.Vichu asked the cops if they had any proof of misconduct, and started recording the incident to protest against such moral policing. The law enforcers were heard saying that they spotted the couple kissing inside the park, but Vichu insisted the cops to furnish proof.

In the video, the police were also heard saying that 'unmarried couples shouldn't waste time in parks'. The post has garnered over 1,000 shares and close to 4,000 likes.