Moral policing: Party scene looks bleak after attack; goons beat us black and blue, says victims

Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 29 Jul 2012: Fear psychosis has gripped the city. Partying in the open was out of the question with the moral goons around. Now partying inside the confines of four walls is also likely to make the disappearing act in the city after Saturday’s incident.

 

The minute I came home, my mother told me not to attend such parties in future and I also promised her I won’t,’’ said a sobbing Rekha (name changed). Even I don’t think my friends will attend parties, other than ones called at somebody’s home,’’ said the engineering student.

 

Vijay Kumar (23), event organizer and DJ, who still is shaken, says: We will think twice while holding parties here. We will not stop partying, but it definitely will not be in the city. Gurudath Kamath, an MBA and is into event management, says: They robbed us of our chains, wallets and beat us on assumption.

 

Interestingly, it was a birthday party of Kumar which started at 2.30 pm and was almost ending. We were preparing to leave when these goons entered and beat us black and blue, merely on assumption,’’ said Vijay, who is still sporting black eye. All of us had informed our parents about the party. In fact some had their parents drop them off at the resort,’’ he said.

 

We were keeping our bags outside at 6 pm to leave the place. I saw the crowd gathering. When they entered I ran outside and jumped the compound. But the goons followed and dragged me by my hair all the way to the resort,’’ sobs Lavanya. I was lucky. I was put in a room and they locked it. I was out only when police came. They pulled Vinay’s shirt and pushed him on the bed along with the girls who were made to sit, to appear as if though something was going on,’’ said Rekha. For Vinay it is his second brush with the goons. They had gate crashed and stopped a party when he had organized a gig last year at a hotel near Yekkur.

 

All the 13 members, including five girls, were either students or had started working just after finishing their graduation. One of the girls was a police official’s daughter. We will definitely testify against these goons. We want them to be punished,’’ said Vinay. But the girls said: We have had enough for our life time. We don’t want anything more with this case.