Couples at Gzb park harassed by right-wingers toting sticks

A group of men belonging to a Hindu right-wing group, wielding sticks, went around Swarn Jayanti Park in Indirapuram on Wednesday, allegedly harassing couples ahead of Valentine's Day on Friday.

- HT Correspondent

GHAZIABAD: Videos of their alleged "moral policing" was widely shared on social media on Thursday evening, with senior officers of Ghaziabad police saying that they are aware of the videos but they cannot act in the absence of a complaint in this regard.

Several videos shared on social media showed a group of men armed with long sticks accosting couples in the park and demanding to see their identification cards and also querying about their relationship status.

They could also be purportedly heard threatening to call up the couples' parents and family and asking them not to hang out together again.