India, Aug. 4 -- Parliament member R Sudha was injured when a masked man snatched her chain as she was walking with another lawmaker on Monday morning near the Polish embassy on New Delhi's high-security Shantipath in the capital's diplomatic enclave Chanakyapuri.

Sudha said she suffered injuries on her neck, and her trousers were also torn. "I somehow managed not to fall, and both of us cried for help," she added. Sudha said the incident traumatised her.

She questioned how safe women are in the capital. Sudha asked if they cannot walk safely in a high-priority zone in the national capital, where else can they feel safe and do their routine without fearing for their limbs, lives, and valuables?. "In a high-security zone like Chanakyapur...