The development is important because there were reports that the personnel of the squad were even targeting genuine couples, brothers and husbands at public places.
Dos and don'ts have been issued for the UP Police on anti-Romeo squads, with the new police chief making it clear that those indulging in rowdy behaviour need not be arrested and instead their guardians be called and briefed.
In his TV interview ever since he became the UP CM, Yogi Adityanath opened up on a wide range of issues, from ban on slaughterhouses and unemployment in the state to standards of education and situation of law and order.
Following allegations of cops in Uttar Pradesh resorting to ‘moral policing’ in the name of ‘anti-Romeo’ drive, the state police chief on Friday issued a letter with fresh guidelines to the force.
A Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday gave its approval to the constitution of ‘anti-Romeo’ squads by the UP police to check harassment of women in the state.
Amid reports of cops in Uttar Pradesh resorting to moral policing in the name of ‘anti-Romeo’ drive initiated by the Yogi Adityanath-led government, three policemen were on Saturday suspended for detaining a young couple at a Ghaziabad park.
Asking Yogi Adityanath to ban liquor in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav on Friday dared the UP CM to set up an "anti-Daru squad" on the lines of the much hyped “anti-Romeo squad”.
The Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded the setting up of anti-Romeo squads in the state for women's safety on the lines of the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
Following reports of cow vigilantes and moral police misusing government’s initiatives of banning illegal slaughter and starting anti-Romeo squads, CM Yogi issued strict instructions to senior officials to tackle such elements with an iron hand
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