Members of a right wing Hindu group allegedly assaulted boys and girls in a Magalore pub accusing them of behaving in an 'obscene manner.'
In a case of moral policing, members of a right wing Hindu group allegedly assaulted boys and girls in a Magalore pub accusing them of behaving in an "obscene manner".
Ten suspected activists of Sri Ram Sene were arrested and remanded to judicial custody till January 27 on Sunday, on charges of assaulting the guests of the pub on Saturday night, police said.
"About 15 to 20 activists, reportedly belonging to Sri Ram Sene, barged into the pub late on Saturday night and assaulted boys and girls dancing there," inspector general of Police (Western Range) AM Prasad said here.
Even the girls were not spared by the agitated activists who chased and thrashed the victims when they tried to flee from the pub on the busy Balmatta Road in the heart of the city, eyewitnesses claimed.
The incident was immediately condemned by the opposition Congress and the state National Commission for Women which promised to take suo motu action against the culprits while the ruling BJP said it was sure that the state government will take strict action against the guilty.
Prasad said the attackers accused the pub owner of allowing the boys and girls to dance and act in an "obscene manner". No damage has been caused to the pub, he added.
Terming the incident as "unfortunate, Karnataka NCW member Nirmala Venkatesh said the attackers had badly beaten victims especially girls and suo-motu action will be taken against them. There were also allegations of some of the girls being molested.
"Those people (attackers) simply came in and started beating the girls. It was a bad scene. Our waiters tried to stop them but they did not listen and kept assaulting the girls," pub owner A Krishna said.
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