LUCKNOW: The ‘anti-Romeo’ squads to check “eve-teasing” started by the newly-elected Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh have come in the line of fire for allegedly harassing and humiliating couples.
The campaign, which was a BJP pre-poll promise, has been formed with special squads to chase ‘Romeos’ “to protect the honour of women” proclaiming that “boys and girls can never be friends”.
Twitter reacted to Romeo-huntersnot let the moment pass without some humour of course.
If breaking up couples is what Anti Romeo Squad going to do, then they should launch an app called Hinder.
— P (@pizzling) March 24, 2017
#AntiRomeoSquad name is a insult to great classic character Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. @AmitShah @myogiadityanath pls consider
— ajay (@ajay_dir) March 25, 2017
Anti-Romeo Squad: Revenge Of The Frustrated Losers And Worthless Hypocrites?
— Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) (@sanjivbhatt) March 25, 2017
Lord Shri Krishna has decided to leave Mathura as #AntiRomeoSquad may arrest him.Kejriwal invites him to Delhi & assured 4 accommodation.😂
— Akhilesh Choudhary (@Akhi1211) March 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/AasthaVarma/status/844772871331196929
https://twitter.com/LiberalsOfDelhi/status/845122929813741569
UP Police is equipped with powerful iris scanner invented at RW labs. They can look into ur eyes, scan it & confirm u are a Romeo or not
— James Wilson (@jamewils) March 24, 2017
New Rules of Indian Taliban State pic.twitter.com/zD4vmbECm4
— James Wilson (@jamewils) March 24, 2017
The newly-formed squads comprising cops from local police stations kept a vigil at markets, malls, schools, colleges, coaching centres, parks and other crowded places to see if women were being harassed.