The pictures of the incident, which took place on Saturday night, was circulated on social media[8] In March 2017, Shiva Sena activists caned and abused young couples sitting and talking in Marine Drive, Kochi.
[12] Mankada village in Malappuram district attracted the attention of national newspapers in 2016 when a 42-year-old man was beaten to death by his neighbors for visiting his girlfriend in the night.
[25] In June 2012, a gang of men attacked and beat up a pregnant woman sitting alone in a bus shelter in Kannur.
[26] In 2012 December, a young man called P.V.AneeshKumar was attacked at Manna junction, Taliparamba by a group of men for the crime of talking with a girl of different community.
[29] A group of students at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam protested against moral policing by conducting an event named Hug of Love.
[30] Another group of students from Government Law college, Kozhikode organized an event called Hug Of Love on 10 December.
[31] The Kiss of Love protest was sparked off in October 2014 when Jaihind TV, a telecast an exclusive report on alleged immoral activity at the parking space of Downtown Cafe in Kozhikode.
[34] Activists from all over Kerala decided to protest against the series of moral policing incidents by organizing a public event at Marine Drive beach on 2 November in Kochi.
The opposing groups allegedly compelled the Facebook authorities block the Kiss of Love page through mass reporting[36] on 3 November.