New Delhi: The AAP on Saturday called "shameful" the alleged misbehaviour of Delhi police with a young woman who had sat on a pavement near Parliament to protest against increasing incidents of crimes against women.
AAP leader Sanjay Singh asked Delhi police the reason for "scratching" the woman, saying all she was demanding was justice for the 27-year-old doctor in Hyderabad allegedly raped and killed.
Earlier in the day, a woman sat on a solitary protest near the Parliament in the wake of the gang rape 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 issued notice to 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, police said.
She alleged "gross misbehavior, 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 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.