Mangaluru, Aug. 16 -- A fresh case of alleged moral policing has been reported in Dakshina Kannada district, with nine people booked for allegedly assaulting a young woman and her family members at Kolpe in Kadaba taluk on August 12.

According to the complaint, the 18-year-old woman from Kolpe, who worked at Melkar, was returning home after work with her mother Safiya in a car driven by Sippan, a friend of shop owner Zaheer. After dropping the woman near her house, the group was allegedly stopped by a group of men at Kolpe around 11 pm.

The accused allegedly questioned them and assaulted the woman. She was reportedly slapped and threatened with dire consequences. Jamal, who arrived at the spot and tried to intervene, was also allegedly ...