Uttar Pradesh police data shows that 1.26 crore people have been “issued warnings” by the police’s Anti-Romeo squads in the State since their inception in 2017. Ashna Butani and Samridhi Tewari speak to people in towns to find that every public social interaction between genders is fraught with the fear of being questioned or even jailed for creating a ‘public nuisance’
Uttar Pradesh police data shows that 1.26 crore people have been “issued warnings” by the police’s Anti-Romeo squads in the State since their inception in 2017. Ashna Butani and Samridhi Tewari speak to people in towns to find that every public social interaction between genders is fraught with the fear of being questioned or even jailed for creating a ‘public nuisance’