Bhopal: With right wing groups opposing Valentine’s Day celebrations and women’s organisations vowing to protect young lovers, police yesterday warned trouble makers of stringent action.

The Madhya Pradesh police issued notices to leaders of the Hindu right-wing Bajrang Dal, National Students Union of India, Savarna Samaj Party and the women’s wing of the Nationalist Congress Party.

The hard-line Hindu groups have threatened to marry off young couples meeting in public places.

Meanwhile, two women’s groups, belonging to the Sawarna Samaj Party (SSP) and the Rashtriya Secular Manch (RSM), have decided to take on those threatening the couples who are celebrating Valentine’s Day in the state, ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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