Shiv Sena's moral brigade attack youth in Kochi as police look the other way

 

In an outrageous instance of Moral Policing, Shiv Sena workers, on Wednesday, attacked and chased away men and women who were sitting at the Kochi Marine Drive, a busy leisure spot in the financial capital of Kerala. All this was being done as the police looked on.
 

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 The moral goons of Shiv Sena attacked young men and women with canes and showered them with the choicest abuses just 100 metres away from the office of the Inspector General of Police in Kochi. The brazen attack on the youth and the complacency of the police have triggered an outrage in the state, forcing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is also holding the Home portfolio, to admit 'a lapse' from the police. 
 

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As many as two dozen of Shiv Sena workers took out a march to the Marine Drive on Wednesday afternoon without taking prior permission from the police. Even though they went on the rampage for more than half an hour, beating men and women and shouting abuses, the policemen present there remained moot spectators. 
 

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The Sub Inspector of Ernakulam Central Police Station has been suspended after the police came under severe criticism. Nine policemen present at the spot have been transferred with immediate effect. A case has also been slapped against 20 Shiv Sena workers including the district leaders of the far right wing party. 

 

The Congress, CPM and BJP slammed the moral policing by  Shiv  Sena and demanded action against the culprits and the police officers who allowed the goons to have a field day at Kochi on Wednesday. 
 

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The SFI and DYFI activists are now protesting at Marine drive by organising a 'sit-in gathering for love' (Sneha Irippu Samaram) against moral policing. 'Kiss of Love' activists have announced their protest in the evening. 

 

Meanwhile, the Congress brought in an adjournment motion in the Assembly on Thursday alleging that the government failed to contain the moral goons in the state. In response to it, CM Pinarayi Vijayan admitted the lapse and assured stern action against the moral policing brigade and the police officials who looked on while the Shiv Sena workers went berserk.