As mid-day's February test drive around city hotels proved, moral policing of unwed couples is alive and well. While most hoteliers choose not to take any action, one of them has now approached the Bombay High Court and filed a petition against a DCP who allegedly harassed him and couples staying in his hotel, among whom was a pregnant woman.

The incident occurred in January at the Garden Guest House, which is managed by petitioner Chandravan Pancholi. According to Pancholi, DCP of Zone III, Abhinash Kumar, allegedly entered the premises of the hotel, picked up three unwed couples staying there, including a pregnant woman, and took them to the Nagpada police station.