The Shiv Sena, who notoriously witchunt couples on Valentine’s Day, took to Kochi’s Marine Drive on Women’s Day and beat up couples.
When asked on CNN News18 why they they took the law into their hands, Hari Kumar from Kerala’s Shiv Sena claimed that there is an on-going sex racket in the state, from which they were trying to protect the couples.
The party workers also allegedly took photos of the couples, hurled abuses at them after beating them up with saffron sticks.
Police did not intervene and just stood by as the assaults happened.
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