Mangaluru : Police detained four persons in connection to a moral policing case on Saturday December 11.

The arrested are identified as Prakash, Ranjith, Raghavendra and Pawan.

Two among them are said to be the driver and conductor of the bus the couple was travelling in.  The moral policing incident took place on Friday December 10 on a bus.

A boy and a girl, studying at a private college near Vamanjoor, were travelling to Udupi on a bus. Accusing the boy of misbehaving with the girl, the conductor of the bus and a group of vigilantes travelling in the same bus assaulted the boy.

The girl was from Udupi while the boy hailed from Shivamogga.  Later, they were made to board different buses by the accused. The video of this incident has gone viral.

Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar had earlier said on Saturday that the police have taken up the assault case involving the bus conductor and others suo moto. He had also added that two persons had been arrested in connection with the case so far.