India, June 2 -- A young woman in Assam's Tezpur has sparked a discussion on moral policing after sharing a video showing an elderly woman publicly criticising her choice of clothing while she was out running an errand. The incident was posted on Instagram by user Anushka Sharma, who said that she had stepped out on her scooty to buy materials for a practical examination when she was confronted by a passerby over what she was wearing.

According to Anushka, the elderly woman began questioning her outfit and allegedly called her "characterless". In the clip, the woman can also be heard referring to the student's clothes as "lengta kapur (naked clothes)".

Anushka claimed that the woman said that girls who dress that way "destroy society" a...