Absurd! Mumbai Cops Fine Couples in Hotels for ‘Public Indecency’
Social media anger after Mumbai police pick up 40 couples for ‘public indecency’ from hotel rooms, fine them Rs 1,200
I never knew hotel rooms were public. There are bigger issues that the police needs to pay attention to. Really.
- Sunil Grover aka ‘Gutthi’
Is this Mumbai anymore?
- @ticktick20
How is the inside of a room a public place??
- @Rajesh_K_Singh
Mumbai Police needs to be shamed. Leave consenting adults alone.
- @Indy_D
will @Dev_Fadnavis sack these cops or was he was the one who ordered this?
- @namo_namah23
Couples must take protection from STDs and Mumbai Police before having sex
- @areebkhurafati
In a move that’s sparked outrage on social media, the Mumbai police reportedly booked 40 couples for ‘indecent behaviour in public’, after rounding them up from various hotel rooms in Madh Island and Aksa areas on Thursday afternoon.
A report in Mid-Day says the Malwani police charged these couples even though they were consenting adults booked into private hotel rooms. Some were let off only after they coughed up a fine of Rs 1,200.
The police first insulted all of us... then forced us to call our parents and insulted and disgraced us in front of them. They made parents feel guilty as if their children had committed some heinous crime.
– Youngster ‘Caught’ in the Raid (Mid-day.com)
Another woman who was at the hotel with her fiancé, said she was slapped by a female constable when she refused to pay the fine.
Meanwhile, people reacted strongly to the whole incident on social media. Here are some of the reactions:
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