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| Mangalore moral cops oppose Hindu Muslim couples - two students suspended in Sullia |
Staff Correspondent, August 29, 2015, NewsCrunch
A Government PUC college in Sullia, Mangalore district, suspended a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl for two weeks after protests broke out about their alleged relationship.
The Telegraph reports that the boy is in the second year PUC and the girl is a year junior to him.
An inquiry has reportedly found out that the two had exchanged text messages and were also possibly spotted at a local cybercafe.
Other students reportedly opposed the affair and protested loudly disrupting the classes.
The principal told The Telegraph that suspending the students was the only way to pacify agitated students.
August saw a spurt in the cases of moral policing in Mangalore district, which has seen steep polarisation between Hindus and Muslims.
Last week, a Muslim man was beaten up and stripped for being seen with a Hindu girl. Prior to that another college had suspended two girls whose partying photos had gone viral.