'Kiss of Love' supporters face obscenity case in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Nov 5: Cyberabad police Wednesday registered cases against the organisers of ‘Kiss of Love’ campaign on the University of Hyderabad campus for an ‘obscene act’. A small group of students are said to behind the demonstration, which was organised in support of the Kiss of Love campaign in Kerala, on the OuH campus on November 2. The campaign is aimed at opposing the moral policing. Some of the participants are reported to have kissed during the event. Police also booked a case for criminal trespass against the members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), BJP’s youth wing, for staging a protest against the event. ACP S Sreedhar said Gachibowli police had registered the cases following a complaint by university authorities. Gachibowli police are verifying the allegations, ACP Sreedhar said. Later, inspector J Ramesh of Gachibowli police station informed that the university had set up a committee to conduct an inquiry into the development. Inspector Ramesh said based on the committee's report and also the video footage the police will take further action, if necessary. The organisers of the event have been slapped with cases under the Section 294 of Indian Penal Code, the inspector said. The section prescribes imprisonment up to three months for anyone doing “any obscene act in any public place”, “to the annoyance of others”.