Assam Moral Policing

A girl was allegedly shamed and kicked out of a store by a shopkeeper because she was wearing jeans and not a burqa in a case of moral policing in Assam's Biswanath district last week.

A 19-year-old student in Assam who wore shorts to an examination was forced to wrap a curtain around her legs to cover up before sitting for the exam. Outrage over the incident has spurred an inquiry by the Assam Agricultural University.

In an apparent incident of moral policing, a woman who allegedly sells illegal brew was attacked and stripped by villagers in Assam's Karimganj district, police said on Friday.

In another apparent case of moral policing, a couple was allegedly beaten up night-long and the woman's head shaved by villagers for having an illicit affair in Assam's Nagaon district, police said today.

An unmarried couple was dragged off a motorcycle and thrashed by a mob, in what has been reported as the latest instance of moral policing in the state.

In a case of moral policing, a mob waylaid an unmarried couple going on a motorcycle and assaulted them for travelling together, police said today. The incident went viral on social media following which two people have been arrested.

A woman and a man in Assam's Baksa district were stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up by a mob on the suspicion that they had an illicit affair. The extremely disturbing attack, captured on cellphone cameras, has been shared widely on social media.

A disturbing video that is being shared online shows a young woman in Assam being brutally beaten up by a group of drunk men. The woman standing next to a vehicle can be seen screaming as two men pull her hair and kick her as she tries to make an urgent phone call. Another man is seen recording the harassment on his mobile phone as the woman is hit...

In a case of 'moral policing', a woman was assaulted by a group of men when she was going with a male friend to a medical centre in Goalpara district of Assam and the police has arrested 12 people for the incident, a senior officer said today.

A local channel in Assam has provoked public anger after it ran a deeply offensive report that complained about young women being "scantily-dressed".

A girl was allegedly shamed and kicked out of a store by a shopkeeper because she was wearing jeans and not a burqa in a case of moral policing in Assam's Biswanath district last week.

A 19-year-old student in Assam who wore shorts to an examination was forced to wrap a curtain around her legs to cover up before sitting for the exam. Outrage over the incident has spurred an inquiry by the Assam Agricultural University.

In an apparent incident of moral policing, a woman who allegedly sells illegal brew was attacked and stripped by villagers in Assam's Karimganj district, police said on Friday.

In another apparent case of moral policing, a couple was allegedly beaten up night-long and the woman's head shaved by villagers for having an illicit affair in Assam's Nagaon district, police said today.

An unmarried couple was dragged off a motorcycle and thrashed by a mob, in what has been reported as the latest instance of moral policing in the state.

In a case of moral policing, a mob waylaid an unmarried couple going on a motorcycle and assaulted them for travelling together, police said today. The incident went viral on social media following which two people have been arrested.

A woman and a man in Assam's Baksa district were stripped naked and mercilessly beaten up by a mob on the suspicion that they had an illicit affair. The extremely disturbing attack, captured on cellphone cameras, has been shared widely on social media.

A disturbing video that is being shared online shows a young woman in Assam being brutally beaten up by a group of drunk men. The woman standing next to a vehicle can be seen screaming as two men pull her hair and kick her as she tries to make an urgent phone call. Another man is seen recording the harassment on his mobile phone as the woman is hit...

In a case of 'moral policing', a woman was assaulted by a group of men when she was going with a male friend to a medical centre in Goalpara district of Assam and the police has arrested 12 people for the incident, a senior officer said today.

A local channel in Assam has provoked public anger after it ran a deeply offensive report that complained about young women being "scantily-dressed".