As many as 15 people were held on Tuesday by the anti-Romeo squads of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police in the city for allegedly harassing women and girls, officials said. A drive was conducted by a team of officials from Sector 24 police station on the instructions of Gautam Buddh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma, they said.

"The squad toured around schools, parks, markets, coaching centres and other public spaces," a police official said. "Fifteen persons were held for making vulgar and indecent gestures at women and girls and action taken against them," the official said.