Tourists Attacked for Wearing Shorts at Pune Fort, Asked if They ‘Don’t Know Hindu Culture’
- Nine individuals were booked for assaulting tourists over their clothing at Sinhagad Fort on August 16, following a dispute about an 8-year-old girl wearing shorts.
- The attackers claimed to be members of the Fort Conservation Society and enforced moral policing on visitors by confronting and physically assaulting tourists for wearing 'inappropriate' clothes.
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Tourists, Including 8-Year-Old Girl, Thrashed Over Wearing Shorts At Pune Fort
Pune's Haveli Police have registered a case against nine individuals for assaulting tourists over their clothes at the Sinhagad Fort and intimidating people for two hours on August 16 - a day after India celebrated its 80th Independence Day.
Tourists attacked over wearing shorts at Pune's Sinhagad Fort, clash caught on camera
Pune Police said tourists from four separate groups were targeted during the incident on Sinhagad Fort. A case has been registered against eight members of the Samast Hindu Bandhav Army, while police teams are searching for the accused.
A violent clash broke out between two groups of tourists at Maharashtra's famous Sinhagad Fort. The tourists were seen fighting amid rain and fog. A video of their fight has gone viral on social media. Several people were injured in the clash, prompting the local Haveli police to launch an investigation.
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