Kerala Woman, Son Eating In Car Attacked, Case Of Moral Policing Say Cops

The police confirmed the arrest of the accused and said that he was arrested while trying to escape to Tamil Nadu.

In an alleged incident of moral policing, a 44-year-old woman and her 23-year-old son were recently attacked by a man while they were having food inside their car on a busy roadside in Kerala's Kollam district. The incident, which occurred on August 30, received widespread condemnation on social media. Subsequently, on September 1 night, the accused - Ashish - was arrested by the police. The SHO of Paravoor police station in Kollam, where the mother-son duo have lodged a complaint, confirmed the arrest of the accused and said that he was apprehended while trying to escape to Tamil Nadu.