Women protest open display of inner wear in shops, malls

In a memorandum to Home Minister R R Patil, the Chief of the Consumer Protection Cell of the Thane District Congress Committee, K Vrushali, has demanded immediate action on such establishments who display women inner wear on mannequins and busts.

Such display of undergarments comes in bad taste as it affects teenagers, youths and elders moving around in shopping areas, Vrushali said in the memorandum.

She demanded that the government puts a ban on such displays and take action against the concerned shop owners.

The copies of the memorandum have also been marked to the Thane Police Commissioner SPS Yadav with a request to ask the police officers in the Commissioner ate to act immediately.