"Delhi Police Tore My Clothes": Shashi Tharoor Shares Woman MP's Video

Thursday, 16 June 2022newsdesk

Amid a row over the alleged manhandling of the Congress workers during Wednesday's protests in the national capital, senior party leader Shashi Tharoor shared a video of Congress MP Jothimani on Twitter, in which she alleged that she was brutally assaulted by the Delhi police.

Delhi, 16 June New 2022

As per news report of NDTV, "This is outrageous in any democracy. To deal with a woman protestor like this violates every Indian standard of decency, but to do it to a LokSabha MP is a new low. I condemn the conduct of the @DelhiPolice and demand accountability. speaker @ombirlakota please act!," Mr Tharoor wrote. In the video shared by Mr Tharoor, Jothimani, Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Karur, alleged that the Delhi police personnel tore her clothes and carried her like a criminal in a bus along with other women protesters. Jothimani then gets up and turns around to show her torn kurta. The Congress MP is seen wearing only one shoe in the video. "The Delhi police brutally assaulted us yesterday. They tore my clothes, removed my shoes and carried me like a criminal," she said.

Source -NDTV