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Kiss Fest flops
Kiss Fest flops, A strong police contingent was posted at the Marine Drive Grounds to keep a lookout for potential trouble makers.
Organisers and sympathisers taken into custody
Kochi: Organisers and sympathisers of the controversial 'Kiss of Love' event were on Sunday taken into custody as they tried to march to the Marine drive grounds, venue of the symbolic protest against moral policing, police said.
The organisers tried to take out a march from Ernakulam Law college to the venue, but were prevented from doing so. About 50 persons were taken into custody, they said. Holding placards and raising slogans against moral policing, the protestors were bundled into a police van.
A strong police contingent was posted at the Marine Drive Grounds to keep a lookout for potential trouble makers. The organisers had expected nearly 1,000 people to turn up for the event, but the media hype generated saw the area overflowing with people, curious to see the unique protest and those against the event.
In a last minute change, the organisers tried to take out a march from the Ernakulam law college at around 4.30 PM to reach the Marine drive grounds, when they were stopped by police and taken into custody. The programme scheduled earlier was that the event would be held at the grounds at 5 PM. Holding placards and banners, those against the 'Kiss Fest', including Shiv Sena, district unit of Kerala Students Union and a Muslim outfit took out marches against the event, organised by 'Free Thinkers', a group of social networking website Facebook users against a moral policing incident at Kozhikode.
