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A self-proclaimed 'moral police force' is patrolling the streets of Mangalore on India’s east coast.

There it can be dangerous to hold your boyfriend's hand, drink juice with him at a stall, dance with him at a club or even talk to him on the bus - especially if he's from a different religion.

The most powerful vigilantes have links with India's Hindu nationalist right; they track down Muslim men who are seen with Hindu women and accuse them of luring them away in a "Love Jihad."

Muslim groups are now retaliating with their own moral police.

Tinku Ray reports from Mangalore where the very idea of ‘love’ has become deeply political.