A woman councillor with the East Delhi municipal corporation, supervising fogging in Pandav Nagar area, was allegedly manhandled by a Delhi police constable on Friday at 10 pm.
The victim said when she was supervising fogging in her municipal area a Delhi Police constable, deputed in the security wing of a Central Minister, passing through the area on his motorcycle abused her.
When she countered him with the reason of using abusive language, she said the policeman twisted her arm and passed sexual remarks on her.
The moment she raised alarm to alert public as it was late and the stretch was isolated, the policeman fled from the spot. She immediately reported the matter to police but no action has been taken against the accused policemen so far.
“Around four years ago, the policeman was transferred from the area when she complained about his corrupt practices with local vendors to senior police officials. And it was the reason he hold grudge against me. On the day of the incident, I was alone as my driver, who generally accompany me had, gone to pick up my children,” said the victim.
“The policeman twisted my arm and pushed me. And broken bangles inflicted injure on my hand. I was taken to the hospital for medical assistance,” she added.
However, police said a PCR call was received on Friday night about the incident, a PCR reached to the spot and took the victim to hospital for medical examination. The accused policeman Rachit Kumar was arrested on the same night.