young couples and even married ones faced a nightmare as bajrang dal activists went into overdrive to prevent young ones from aping the western culture and celebrating the valentines day on saturday at the end of the day a girl was left with a fractured leg married couples faced humiliations before camera while several boys and girls were forced to touch each others feet as activists had a free run the police was either missing or even seemed to be encouraging these activists the activists moved on motorcycles with licence to indulge in hooliganism raising antivalentines day slogans they raided favourite hangouts of teenagers even couples exchanging cards and gidts were not spared the activists searched every park restaurant kanpur zoo and ganga barrage according to reports a teenaged girl who had gone to kanpur zoo was with her companion was injured after being chased by hooligans sources said that the moral brigade spotted the girl with the boy and gave a chase she ended up with a fractured leg the selfappointed custodians of indian culture riding on bikes raised slogans and hurled choicest of abuses as they raided motijheel park and several spots in nawabganj area where valentines day celebrations were on and beat up humiliated couples eyewitnesses said that lumpen elements asked boys to touch the feet of their companion and hold ears to say sorry at motijheel park they threatened couples of blackening their face for expressing love in public at least two dozens bajrang dal activists riding twowheelers arrived here and started raising slogans and hurling abuses before we could understand anything they caught us and severely thrashed my college friend an 18yearold teenage girl preferring anonymity told toi the police however remained a mute spectator and failed to arrest the offenders they all fled before the police could arrive she said separate groups of bajrang dal activists in kanpur zoo nawabgannj and ganga barrage area did not even spare married couples they invariably waited for television channel crew to arrive on the scene before humiliating even married couple at kanpur zoo in nawabganj said vinay who had gone to kanpur zoo along with his wife far from coming to our rescue the police only seemed to be encouraging the goons alleged 24yearold vishesh who was abused and told to leave the ganga barrage area by activists of the bajrang dal similar views were aired by several other youngsters these people have no business forcing their jaundiced view of right and wrong on us we are living in a modern society but these culture vultures want to take us back to the taliban era exclaimed a girl who claimed her boyfriend was forced to sit like a cock on the ground his only crime being sitting with her on a bench in the park meanwhile many restaurant and food joint owners claimed that they were prevented by the members of the saffron brigade from celebrating the day we will not tolerate any obscenity at public places