Overview

• After being summoned to Atladra police station, the couple submitted a written apology and departed India for Australia without a case being registered.
• The kiss occurred on September 26 at the United Way Garba on Vadodara’s Kalali ground, a Navratri event that draws tens of thousands nightly.
• Complaints were filed, with the Sanatan Sant Samiti and advocate Bhavin Vyas urging police to act for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
• United Way of Baroda president Tarak Patel asked attendees to maintain the event’s dignity and cautioned couples to behave respectfully or stay away.
• Fresh clips purportedly showing the duo in similar moments, including at last year’s Garba and near Mumbai’s Gateway of India, circulated online but remain unverified as public reactions stayed divided.