Videos posted on social media have shown cases of what appeared to be heavy-handed action by morality police units against women who had removed their hijab.
Days after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's public comment on moral policing, cries of outrage are being heard all over the state. On Thursday, a coalition of women, Dalit and other citizen organisations as well as students gathered at Mysore Bank Circle here to protest the comment. Asked about incidents of moral policing, Bommai had appeared to defend it, saying "action