Solitary cases of moral policing have been occurring in many
parts of Kerala for the past couple of years. Recently there is a spurt in these incidents
which in one case resulted in the murder of a person in Kozhikkode
district. This incident which was in a
corollary of moral policing cases, has shaken the conscience
of people of Kerala. The deceased was Shaheed Bawa, a resident of
Kodiyathur in Kozhikkode District. He
used to pay visit to a house known to him where there were many ladies. While he was returning after visiting that
house on that fateful day, he was accosted by a mob of moral police consisting
of 15 persons who started questioning him.
The questions asked by them were why he is going to that house quite
often , whether he is related to them etc.
Inspite of replying that that house is known to him, they tied him to a
pole and resorted to continued beating on him which continued till next
morning. On hospitalization,he died instantaneously and police have
registered case against 15 persons
involved.
In another incident involving moral police that had taken
place in Thodupuzha, Kerala, an army
personnel who was going in his car with his sister and mother was waylaid by a
gang of moral police who had started
questioning about who are the ladies accompanying him. Inspite of his replying that it is his sister
and mother, they did not relent and was about to manhandle him when the
passers-by intervened which led to the withdrawal of that gang from the scene.
In another incident that had taken place as far back as
March,2010 those acted as moral police were Muslim League workers. When Rajesh
Joseph, Proprietor of Popular Service Station was going in a car with his
mother he was accosted by a gang.
They questioned him as to who is
the lady with him. Even when he replied
that it is his mother they did not withdraw
but tried to manhandle him. When
public came to his rescue, the moral police had to retreat from the scene. But since they were exposed before the
public, they took revenge on Rajesh by attacking his house in the night causing
heavy damage to it. Even though police had
registered case against the culprits recently due to the pressure exerted by
Muslim League, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has ordered withdrawal of the case
against them. Now Rajesh has decided to
move the court for justice. The list of cases of moral policing is not complete
with this.
If such a situation develops wherein one cannot travel either
with his wife, sister, daughter or mother as the case may be and if he has to
satisfy moral police regarding their relationship to him, it amounts to taking law
into one’s hand which, if allowed to go on unchecked, will only lead to anarchy and chaos. Thus it
only stands to reason that such tendencies should be firmly dealt with by an
iron hand to see that it will not re-occur.
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