The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that one of its workers was assaulted and her clothes were torn during her arrest by police in Karnataka’s Hubballi.
This comes after a video surfaced showing the woman surrounded by both male and female police personnel inside a bus. BJP alleged that the BJP worker was assaulted and her clothes were torn after she resisted the arrest and raised objections.
Here’s what the police said
However, the Hubballi-Dharwad CP N Shashikumar clarified that the woman undressed herself and attempted to flee from police custody in an effort to evade arrest.
Speaking about the matter, Shashikumar said, “On January 1, a survey was being conducted by local authorities in Chalukya Nagar, within the Keshwapur police station limits, when a disagreement and scuffle broke out among residents. Police intervened immediately to calm the situation and restore order.”
In the process, three cases were registered against the woman seen in the video. She was arrested in connection with one case in which a resident accused her of attempting to kill him, he added.
She has about 9 cases registered against her.
“She has five cases registered against her in previous years, and this year, four cases are registered,” Shashikumar said.
About the issue of the video in question, Shashikumar said, “Which is being circulated in the media and social media, while she was taken to the (police) vehicle, she was still wearing clothes, and when she was taken inside the vehicle, she took her clothes off and threw them away. Our women police staff brought her clothes and made her wear them. She has about 9 cases registered against her. The information that she was misbehaved by the police is completely incorrect”.
