Moral Policing Has Not Yet Stopped In Karnataka

By Syed Ali Mujtaba, New Age Islam 28 June 2023 Moral policing has not yet stopped in Karnataka. This is in spite of the fact that the government in the state has changed from the right extreme to the middle of the centre. The story goes like this…A group of youngsters comprising two Muslims and a Hindu boy along with two Hindu girls went for a sightseeing tour from Mangaluru to Madikeri in Karnataka’s Kodagu district. After visiting Abbey Falls, they parked their car in Madikeri and hired a jeep to travel to Mandalpatti Peak. When the youngsters returned to the spot where they had parked the car, they were allegedly surrounded by a group of 30 people, who questioned the inter-religious nature of the group. The three boys were allegedly beaten up and their two female friends were verbally abused by the mob that also photographed them and punctured the tires of their car. The attackers allegedly questioned the presence of two Muslims Mohammed Shamseer (24), Saman Sajeed (23) in the group. The mob allegedly beat up all three men in the group. The women were verbally abused for having bad character. The mob punctured the tires of the car in which the victims travelled from Mangaluru to Madikeri. They also took pictures of all five members of the group and circulated them on social media. Prime face this pertains to the case of moral policing involving suspected right-wing activists. This region of Karnataka is notorious for Hindu fanatics who prowl at such instances of interfaith friendship. On the basis of a complaint filed by Nanda Krishnan (26), a case has been registered at the Madikeri rural police with charges of wrongful restraint, intentional insult, unlawful assembly with arms, rioting, criminal intimidation and voluntarily causing hurt. The Madikeri rural police have yet to make any arrests in this case. The Congress government in Karnataka had hinted that it will not tolerate such kind of moral policing in the state. Congress’s Chittapur MLA, Priyank Kharge said the Congress will ban the RSS if it tries to disrupt peace in the state. In reply to this, Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel warned the Congress if it tries to ban Bajrang Dal or the RSS, it will "burn the entire state into ashes." ------ Syed Ali Mujtaba is a journalist based in Chennai. URL: https://newageislam.com/current-affairs/moral-policing-karnataka/d/130091 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism