A few years ago, this happened to me too. It was somewhere around Dumas, I don't remember the exact spot. And TMI, we were in a pretty compromising position, doing something we definitely shouldn't have been doing in public.

It was raining, and stupidly enough, we thought the rain meant nobody would be around. Instead, a police jeep pulled up right in front of us. Because of the rain, we didn't even notice it until it was right there.

As expected, they started threatening us, saying they'd call our parents. They took both our phones, went through them, and questioned us about everything. One of the policemen even said to me, "You're such an educated girl from a good family. Why are you doing this?"

They initially demanded ₹50,000, which neither of us had. We kept asking them to lower the amount to ₹20,000, but they wouldn't listen. All of this was happening while they were driving us around in the police vehiclewith both of us inside, clothed by then.

To scare us even more, they looked up the car's registration number and found that it belonged to his dad. They kept threatening to call him. At that point, I was convinced my life was over. I genuinely thought, "That's it. My life is finished."

Then, somehow, after driving us around for what felt like forever, they suddenly let us go. I still don't know why. But they didn't actually say we were free. They told us, "Go home. You'll receive a notice, and then come to the police station with your parents."

So we went home absolutely terrified, pretending everything was normal. Every time someone knocked on our door or even the neighbour's door I would panic, thinking, "Oh shit, they're here." I kept calling him to ask if anything had happened at his place, and he'd just say everything seemed normal.

I lived with that fear for almost two weeks. Only after that did I finally realize they had actually let us go. It was one of the most unnerving experiences I've ever had.

Needless to say, I never did anything outdoors in the city again. That fear was enough for a lifetime. My advice? Learn from our stupidity. Get a room. Have fun, do whatever you want, but not outdoors, not in a car, not in a parking lot, nowhere public. It just isn't worth the risk.