New Delhi, November 30
A woman sat on a solitary protest near the Parliament here on Saturday morning in the wake of the gangrape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian on the outskirts of Hyderabad, and alleged that she was harassed and beaten up by police personnel following which the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) issued a notice to the Delhi Police.
Holding a placard with the slogan “Why I can’t feel safe in my own Bharat”, Anu Dubey, in her mid-20s, sat on the pavement near gate number 2-3 of the Parliament House complex to protest crime against women in the country, the police said.
She alleged “gross misbehaviour, harassment and violence” by Delhi Police personnel from the Parliament Street police station who forcefully removed her from the site and detained her.
Though the Delhi Police denied the allegations of brutality, the DCW issued a notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi district, seeking action against the erring police officials.
According to the police, some of its personnel asked the woman to go to Jantar Mantar to continue her protest, but when she refused they took her to the Parliament Street police station in a police vehicle, a senior officer said.
At that time the woman was sobbing, he said, adding that after some officers heard her grievances she was released from the police station.
Dubey, however, has alleged that Head Constables Kuldip and Manju and one more officer misbehaved with her, hit her and threatened her.
At the police station, she was allegedly thrown on a bed where three women police officers sat over her and beat her. She also had scratch marks on her body and blood was also coming out from her wounds, the DCW alleged in the notice.
Dubey has submitted a complaint in this regard to the Parliament Street police station. Swati Maliwal, chairperson of DCW, has demanded that an FIR should be filed against those responsible for the misbehaviour. — PTI
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