1. Moral policing in Dharmasthala: Four men assault autorickshaw driver
In yet another moral policing incident in the coastal belt, four men allegedly assaulted Mohammed Ashiq, an autorickshaw driver, for dropping a woman passenger in Dharmasthala, a popular pilgrim centre in Dakshina Kannada. The woman had hired Mr. Ashiq’s autorickshaw to travel from Ujire to Dharmasthala on the night of August 2. When he was returning after the drop, four men allegedly stopped the autorickshaw, abused and and assaulted him for taking a woman from another community to Dharmasthala.
The moral policing incident in Dharmasthala is the fourth one reported in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in the last seven days, and the seventh incident reported since the formation of the Congress government in May 2023. It is the ninth incident reported in undivided Dakshina Kannada so far in 2023.
