ABVP members manhandled me at college event, alleges AISA member

New Delhi: All India Students Association's (AISA) chief for Delhi University Kawalpreet Kaur on Thursday alleged that she was manhandled by several male students at Satyawati College during a programme on women's safety.

Moreover, Kaur claimed that she was targeted while speaking at an event on digital safety, which Google and She The People TV had organised.

"When the talk was about to get over, many ABVP people gathered in the auditorium and started disrupting the event," Kaur claimed. "They mishandled the professors and were after me, and when the police came to rescue me, they asked them, 'Where are you taking her? We will take her life," Kaur said. Moreover, Kaur has filed a complaint at the Bharat Nagar Police Station.

The founder of 'She The People TV', Shaili Chopra, condemned the incident. "We had students from unions who came and disrupted our talk at a time Kawalpreet Kaur talked about how women are trolled," Chopra tweeted. "Shocked that this is what colleges are about – politically-motivated groups of men threatening, manhandling."

Meanwhile, a representative of the ABVP-dominated students' union of Satyawati College, Saket Bahuguna, dismissed Kaur's claims. "She does not even have a scratch," Bahuguna said. "She was not touched by anyone. In fact, she pushed and verbally abused students of Satyawati College. She was constantly trying to instigate male students specifically."

Bahuguna also rubbished Kaur's claim that the ABVP members had snatched away and broken her phone. "She has been responding to media calls on the same number ever since (the incident)," the ABVP leader said. "Had her phone been broken by students of Satyawati College, she would not have been able to talk to the media immediately and post immediate updates on WhatsApp groups through her own number."

Moreover, Student Union of Satyawati College demand a stringent action against the Kawalpreet Kaur. " She is often seen instigate violence in various DU colleges and also has been registered in multiple FIR due to which the college raised a democratic protest against her presence," said Kunal Yadav, Secretary, College Union, Satyawati College.

Meanwhile, DCP (North West) Aslam Khan said that an FIR under sections 354A, 323, 341, 506 and 509 of the IPC has been registered in the matter.