B’luru Man harasses woman for wearing shorts, instructs her to follow Indian rules

Team Udayavani, Oct 8, 2019, 10:54 AM IST

Bengaluru: In a case of moral policing in Bengaluru, a passerby man stopped and harassed a young woman riding pillion on a bike with her boyfriend, all because she wasn’t dressed appropriately.

This incident took place in Bengaluru’s HSR layout on October 3 and the video of the same has been doing rounds ever since.

In the video, the unidentified man can be seen commenting on the woman’s clothes, instructing her to follow Indian rules and even yelling at her for not wearing proper clothes.

The accompanying boyfriend, who had been recording the entire incident on his phone, was heard schooling the man. “I know the Constitution. Do you know the Constitution? We have the freedom to wear whatever we want”.

“I heard someone yelling. I was riding pillion and I looked to my right side. There was a man on a two-wheeler, who began yelling at me and said, ‘Don’t you have any clothes at home?” the 28-year-old woman hailing from Mumbai was quoted speaking to The News Minute.

Moral policing at work again! Woman in this video told TNIE she was shocked and this was the first time she encountered such an incident in namma ooru. @XpressBengaluru @NewIndianXpress @santwana99 @preejap13 @BlrCityPolice pic.twitter.com/7q4hgRwlu7

— Chetana Belagere (@chetanabelagere) October 5, 2019