On Camera Caught Thane Police : Police Thrashing Boy, Abusing Girl In Alleged Moral Policing

#Maharashtra/ #Thane : Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have been accused of moral policing after a video emerged showing a boy being beaten up allegedly for travelling in an auto-rickshaw with the girl.

In the video recorded on a mobile phone yesterday, two policemen are seen beating up and verbally abusing a young couple in an incident that took place at Ulhasnagar near Thane.According to eye-witnesses, a senior police inspector from the Hill Line police station approached the couple who were seated in a rickshaw and started beating up the boy and verbally abusing the girl.

After beating them up, the police had allowed the couple to leave.

Justifying their act, the police have said that allegations of public indecency were made against the couple. Police officers refused to comment or take further questions on the incident.