Hotel raids over 'indecent behaviour': An open letter to Mumbai police

Mumbai, Aug 13: On Thursday, Aug 6, Mumbai police conducted a raid in hotels during which they arrested 64 couples, for indulging in 'indecent behaviour' in public.

The incident was reported from several lodges, resorts and two-star hotels on Madh Island and Aksa beach.

The arrested people were later brought to Malwani police station and booked under Bombay Police Act. The arrested persons were fined Rs 1,200 each before being let off later. Parents of some college students who were held were also called to the police station. [Mumbai: 64 couples held from hotels for 'indecent behaviour']

On Wednesday, Aug 12, Bollywood actor Abhay Deol lashed out at Mumbai Police in a Facebook post, saying, "To me it looks more like it was the police that was guilty of 'public indecency'. [Sex is something not to be ashamed of, says Bollywood actor Abhay Deol]

At a blogging site, an anonymous person has written an open letter to Mumbai Police over moral policing.

The letter starts as:

"Dear Mumbai Police,

"I hope this letter finds you in the pink of health. Hopefully, I'm not disturbing you at the moment. I'm sure there are many more hotels and pubs and parks to raid in this country but I promise this won't take time."

While praising Mumbai Police for taking care of kids, the blogger says, "And if it weren't for you, my daughter would have probably been pregnant by now. Thank you for slapping them when they have really crossed all limits."

Then, the blogger writes a hate story on Mumbai Police saying, "From pubs and parks, they have taken to hotel rooms now. That too, shamelessly - after giving their identity proofs and money. They should at least have the shame to produce fake IDs in front of the hotel receptionist."

"Being up all night to raid hotels to find couples performing a heinous crime needs dedication", he says.

"You were absolutely right in slapping a girl for performing a gruesome crime called ‘sex' behind closed doors. Look at our country - People are dead in a train accident. People are dying in floods. Infiltrators have shot dead two BSF jawans. Kashmir is on the boil. The economy is sluggish. FDI isn't happening. The Chinese are investing in Pakistan and Russians are gifting them attack helicopters. All this is happening and nobody cares. But my daughter, with so much hate in this world, should shut doors to perform an act of love. You're right, she should be slapped", he writes.

The blogger goes on to say to Mumbai Police, "Rape, you perform. Bribe, you take. Terrorists, you miss. Sex rackets you can't find. But my daughter should hide her face for having consensual sex. She should be slapped. Why?"

"Because, she should have done it right in front of you, those couples should have done it right in front of you because flashing penises in heavy traffic and grabbing boobs at public places don't bring you humiliation do they? Because those assh*les perform these acts proudly. So my daughter MUST BE slapped for hiding her face for expressing love to her partner."

"My daughter should've been slapped if she hid her face in that famous pub attack in Mangalore when innocent couples were beaten up for expressing their love towards each other on Valentine's day. My daughter should've been slapped if she ran away in the fear that you'd get her married if she was seen with her partner in the parks of Mumbai on February 14th. And she should have definitely been slapped if you found her behind closed doors with a man loving her and not raping her AND she hid her face. If you wouldn't slap her for being such a coward, I would. "

"I would've said this to you and more had it been my daughter who was humiliated to a point where she wanted to commit suicide for no fault of hers. "

"Honestly, if you find sex ‘indecent' I'm really sorry for your wives and husbands. Poor souls can't enjoy the single most amazing experience in the world."

While explaining the meaning of public decency, he writes, " it is an inappropriate act performed in PUBLIC spaces. For example, when you ask for a bribe shamelessly in public or when you paint the walls with urine each and every day of your life - that is public indecency."

He concludes the letter while saying, "I gave my daughter the permission to live life on her terms, then who the f*ck are you to humiliate her for the most decent act in the world. You may be animals raping girls left, right and centre, my daughter will make love. With her consent. Consent, a word you'll never understand the meaning of - I taught her well. I have also given her consent to run over you if you ever try to stop her alone at an ‘indecent' hour at night because that's how much I trust you."

So let me tell you this - I will hold my baby girl when she falls but you, please mind your own business."

With lots of hate,

Yours truly x

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