Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came in to the aid of a Surat bank employee who was caught on camera being slapped and pushed around by a police official on Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 24
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman came in to the aid of a Surat bank employee who was caught on camera being slapped and pushed around by a police official on Tuesday.
The woman sustained a fracture and was believed to be traumatised. Though the footage of the incident sparked outrage on social media, it took considerable effort by netizens, including journalist Sucheta Dalal to have the FIR registered. The constable, on the other hand, came on camera to give his version of the manhandling.
On Wednesday, Sitharaman took up the matter by calling up the Surat Collector Dhaval Patel who assured her that timely action will be taken on the FIR. The constablewas suspended after the NCW took suo motu notice of the incident captured in the CCTV camera. — TNS
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