MADIKERI: Kodagu police have arrested two men for ‘
moral policing’ and ill-treating two girls belonging to a minority community. The incident took place at Shanivarasanthe of Somwarpet taluk late Thursday.
Police said the two were booked under provisions of the Pocso Act and the IPC following a complaint from a parent of one of the two college-going girls.
According to the complaint, the students of a private school in Shanivarsanthe were allegedly manhandled by a group of youths.
In the melee, the girls sustained minor injuries. The incident took place when the two girls were exchanging burqas with another girl.