<p class="title">In a case of moral policing, a mob waylaid an unmarried couple going on a motorcycle and assaulted them for travelling together, police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident went viral on social media following which two persons have been arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mob waylaid the couple in their 20s and assaulted them at Pukhurpur village in Rongjuli area on June 19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The brother of the man, who was attacked, has claimed that villagers later held a meeting and forced the two to get married.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said that as no case was filed, the police registered a suo motu case and investigations were on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While one person was arrested on Thursday, another person was picked up on Friday morning, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They were booked under various IPC sections including 342 (wrongful confinement), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 354b (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe). </p>
<p class="title">In a case of moral policing, a mob waylaid an unmarried couple going on a motorcycle and assaulted them for travelling together, police said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident went viral on social media following which two persons have been arrested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The mob waylaid the couple in their 20s and assaulted them at Pukhurpur village in Rongjuli area on June 19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The brother of the man, who was attacked, has claimed that villagers later held a meeting and forced the two to get married.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assam Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia said that as no case was filed, the police registered a suo motu case and investigations were on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While one person was arrested on Thursday, another person was picked up on Friday morning, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They were booked under various IPC sections including 342 (wrongful confinement), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 354b (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe). </p>