Police ensure safety of inter-religious couple

Timely action by Moodbidri Police prevented a group of right wing activists from harassing a man and a woman from different religions on a bus which was on its way from Mangaluru to Mumbai on Monday.T

Timely action by Moodbidri Police prevented a group of right wing activists from harassing a man and a woman from different religions on a bus which was on its way from Mangaluru to Mumbai on Monday. The police said that the man and the woman were from Gujarat. The mother of the woman is a native of Mangaluru. On Monday, the couple, who were said to be in a live-in relationship, were on their way to Gujarat on a private bus heading from Mangaluru to Mumbai via Moodbidri. A group of right wing activists from the city got hint of their movement and informed their counterparts in Moodbidri. A team of about 40 activists was waiting for the bus at a bus stop in Moobidri to question the couple. “We were tipped off about the right wing group’s action. Our personnel stopped the bus a few metres before it reached the bus stop and took them away to a safe place. After speaking to the couple and their parents, we sent them away safely,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Hariram Shankar told reporters on Monday.