‘Moral policing’ banner appears and disappears in Hosur park

An anonymous banner “barring” unmarried persons into the Ramanayakkan water parkland purportedly by the territory constabulary mysteriously appeared and disappeared successful a jiffy present connected Friday.

The large-sized banner with images of silhouetted couples crossed successful reddish and bearing the constabulary helpline number, and different exigency constabulary interaction numbers was recovered tied up to the parkland gross connected Thursday night. However connected Friday morning, walkers and public, who are regulars of the oldest parkland here, were taken aback by the banner claiming to beryllium from the police, banning the introduction of unmarried persons. So, was the police, that was clueless astir the banner that had audaciously utilized the department’s logo.

Amid societal media exchanges, the banner was softly removed, leaving nary hint arsenic to who enactment it determination and who removed it.

Speaking to The Hindu, Assistant Superintendent of Police of Hosur Akshay Anil said, it was nobody’s concern to bash motivation policing, slightest of each the police. The banner was brought to the announcement of the constabulary connected Friday greeting done societal media. The banner was softly removed adjacent earlier constabulary got there.

“However, from the photos, we person identified the printer of the banner. We volition find retired who printed it and falsely utilized our logo. We volition speech to each the printers and place the origins of the banner,” Mr. Anil said.