In Assam’s Goalpara district, a group of people on Sunday pulled a young couple from a motorbike and thrashed them at a public place. The police have initiated a suo-moto case against the group on Tuesday terming it as a case of “moral policing”.

DGP Kuladhar Saikia said, “We didn’t receive a complaint, but we took suo-moto cognisance of the case and have arrested main accused, the probe to nab others is underway.”

#Assam: On 19 June a couple was beaten by a group of people in Goalpara’s Rangjuli in the name of moral policing. DGP Kuladhar Saikia says, 'We didn't receive a complaint but we took suo motu cognizance of the case & have arrested main accused, probe to nab others is underway.' pic.twitter.com/S8s2Z3WDqt — ANI (@ANI) June 22, 2018

The video of the couple being canned by a group of people went viral on social media on Thursday, said a Times of India report.

“Soon after, a member of the Kherupara defence committee, Qurban Ali, was arrested. We’re looking for three others involved in the case. We can’t make their names public until we catch them,” a senior police officer told TOI.

The brother of the man who was attacked has claimed that villagers later held a meeting and forced the two to get married, according to an NDTV report.