Moral Policing In Mumbai

A police constable in Mumbai has produced a video song aiming to spread awareness about the fight against coronavirus and also to boost morale amid crisis.

Students of a medical college in Maharashtra have launched a protest after authorities allegedly asked them to not wear short skirts and sit apart from men during events.

The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state.

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.

This could very well be the end of moral policing in the city - Mumbai Police, who had recently come under a hail of criticism for harassing citizens with the dreaded Section 110 (public indecency) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951, have decided they will no longer take action against anyone under that provision.

The Mumbai Police has issued a circular asking their officials not to enter hotel rooms and flats to take action against consenting couples, there was massive outrage from the public after the police had knocked on doors and rounded up couples for indecent behaviour in Malvani area earlier this month.

After a massive outrage over alleged moral policing, the Mumbai Police is now correcting course. Sources have told NDTV that Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has pulled up the Zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police and the Senior Police Inspector of Malvani Police Station.

Let us not forget, that in a country like India, "Morality" has been the calling card of all political outfits. So be ready to outrage again!

Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria has ordered an investigation into the last week's raids at hotels and lodges during which couples were allegedly detained and harassed by the police. The police action -- allegedly dragging out consenting couples from hotel rooms -- faced widespread criticism from the civil society.

After a couple became a victim of moral policing in Goregaon, allegedly in the name of the commissioner of police, because the woman was sitting with her arm around her boyfriend's waist, Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria has clarified that the Mumbai Police will not indulge in such moral policing.

With the morphed photos of Shivaji and Bal Thackeray leading to violence in Mumbai and Pune - and even the death of a techie earlier this month, a citizen group has decided to take matters into its own hands.

It's a real shocker. Mumbai Police, in an internal circular, has asked cops to monitor activities of a Muslim organisation - Girls Islamic Organisation. Their reason: The organisation is "indoctrinating young women and training them for jihad."

The Mumbai Police has abandoned a misguided attempt to target couples romancing in parks and beaches, a move which was intended, bafflingly, to make the city safer.

The Metropolitan Magistrate Special Court at Mazgaon yesterday ordered for the release of nine of the 11 women who were 'rescued' in course of a raid conducted by ACP Vasant Dhoble on June 4, and thereafter detained. The release, however, came hand in hand with some comments from the metropolitan magistrate, which raised eyebrows among a population...

The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce its order in a defamation case filed against Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble. Two sisters, who were booked under the Prevention of Illegal Trafficking Act (PITA), had filed the defamation suit against Mr Dhoble, who heads the Mumbai Police's Social Service branch. In their plea, they have ...

A police constable in Mumbai has produced a video song aiming to spread awareness about the fight against coronavirus and also to boost morale amid crisis.

Students of a medical college in Maharashtra have launched a protest after authorities allegedly asked them to not wear short skirts and sit apart from men during events.

The Supreme Court today asked the Maharashtra government why it has not allowed a single dance bar to operate and wondered if there was total moral policing in the state.

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.

This could very well be the end of moral policing in the city - Mumbai Police, who had recently come under a hail of criticism for harassing citizens with the dreaded Section 110 (public indecency) of the Bombay Police Act, 1951, have decided they will no longer take action against anyone under that provision.

The Mumbai Police has issued a circular asking their officials not to enter hotel rooms and flats to take action against consenting couples, there was massive outrage from the public after the police had knocked on doors and rounded up couples for indecent behaviour in Malvani area earlier this month.

After a massive outrage over alleged moral policing, the Mumbai Police is now correcting course. Sources have told NDTV that Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has pulled up the Zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police and the Senior Police Inspector of Malvani Police Station.

Let us not forget, that in a country like India, "Morality" has been the calling card of all political outfits. So be ready to outrage again!

Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria has ordered an investigation into the last week's raids at hotels and lodges during which couples were allegedly detained and harassed by the police. The police action -- allegedly dragging out consenting couples from hotel rooms -- faced widespread criticism from the civil society.

After a couple became a victim of moral policing in Goregaon, allegedly in the name of the commissioner of police, because the woman was sitting with her arm around her boyfriend's waist, Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria has clarified that the Mumbai Police will not indulge in such moral policing.

With the morphed photos of Shivaji and Bal Thackeray leading to violence in Mumbai and Pune - and even the death of a techie earlier this month, a citizen group has decided to take matters into its own hands.

It's a real shocker. Mumbai Police, in an internal circular, has asked cops to monitor activities of a Muslim organisation - Girls Islamic Organisation. Their reason: The organisation is "indoctrinating young women and training them for jihad."

The Mumbai Police has abandoned a misguided attempt to target couples romancing in parks and beaches, a move which was intended, bafflingly, to make the city safer.

The Metropolitan Magistrate Special Court at Mazgaon yesterday ordered for the release of nine of the 11 women who were 'rescued' in course of a raid conducted by ACP Vasant Dhoble on June 4, and thereafter detained. The release, however, came hand in hand with some comments from the metropolitan magistrate, which raised eyebrows among a population...

The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce its order in a defamation case filed against Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhoble. Two sisters, who were booked under the Prevention of Illegal Trafficking Act (PITA), had filed the defamation suit against Mr Dhoble, who heads the Mumbai Police's Social Service branch. In their plea, they have ...