Kolkata, May 2: In a shocking incident of 'moral policing', a young couple travelling on the Kolkata Metro were reportedly harassed and thrashed by some of their co-passengers for "being too close" after they boarded a train late on Monday night.
It all began after some elderly co-passengers objected to their "intimacy in public", leading to a heated argument.
The young couple was reportedly bombarded with embarrassing questions followed by punches, kicks and slaps inside a station once they deboarded the train.
"Unfortunately, no complaint has been lodged as yet and this makes it very difficult to conduct an inquiry," Kolkata Metro Railway CPRO Indrani Banerjee said, adding that the Metro was "against moral policing".
The CCTV footage in the station did not record any incident of an assault, she claimed, though videos of the thrashing, which were shot by eyewitnesses, have since gone viral all over the social media.
Protests were held outside the Dum Dum Metro station on Tuesday against the incident. "A young couple embraced in Kolkata Metro. It made a bunch of frustrated old losers angry. They beat them up. Scenes of hatred are allowed. Scenes of love are considered obscene," writer Tasleema Nasreen tweeted.
A young couple embraced in Kolkata metro. It made a bunch of frustrated old losers angry. They beat them up. Scenes of hatred are allowed. Scenes of love are considered obscene. pic.twitter.com/Jv4zNaMDe8
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) May 1, 2018
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This is really bad. None has the right to take law in their hands. Culprits should be identified and jailed. However, who is this Tasleema Nasreen. Is she the same hate monger and devil who was kicked out from Bangladesh and our politicians shown personal interest in her. If this is the same waste lady, she has no right to comment here. This is our internal matter and we will handle it. she better kicked out to Bangladesh or Mynamar. she is being looked after by Govt out of tax payers money whereas many indians have no food.
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