Female activist paraded naked in India for fighting illegal liquor sellers

A female activist was allegedly beaten and paraded naked in India’s capital Delhi, for fighting against illegal liquor trade in the Narela area.

The incident took place a few days ago and since then it has gotten a lot of media attention as the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), with whom the woman was a volunteer, has strongly condemned the incident and demanded justice.

The woman was assaulted when she and her colleagues were on a night petrol to help identify illegal liquor shops in the area. The police have said that the woman was beaten but they have denied that she was paraded naked.

A video has also gone viral in which the woman claims that she was ‘dragged and disrobed’ for working against those who run illegal liquor dens. The commission put out a statement in which it said the woman volunteer had “marks of iron rods on her body”. The statement also alleged that she was assaulted by people who were selling illicit liquor.

Meanwhile the police also put out a statement in which it said that the matter was being investigated and that the incident was a ‘quarrel by some ladies’.

DCW reacted strongly against this statement saying that it was ‘shameful’ that the police was describing this incident as a mere quarrel and trying to belittle it.

The president of DCQ, Swati told Hindustan Times that the volunteer, who lived near the area, was surrounded by a group of men and women and attacked.

“The owner of the illegal liquor shop, along with a mob, surrounded the female volunteer. She was beaten up with iron rods, her clothes were torn and she was paraded naked in the locality,” she added.

The victim, in a video statement released by the commission, said she was attacked with iron rods. “When I was being dragged naked, a policeman arrived at the scene and tried to save me. He asked the crowd to leave me, but they beat him also. They said they will do the same with the DCW chief and others who had come yesterday,” she maintained.

The police said the woman’s clothes had been “torn a little” in the scuffle and that none of the assailants were men.

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