Chain snatched from MP walking in Chanakyapuri
NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 -- A case of snatching was registered on Monday after R Sudha, a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu's Mayiladuthurai constituency, was robbed of her gold chain by a man on a two-wheeler in south Delhi's high-security diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri.
The incident occurred around 6.15am near the Embassy of Poland, when the Congress MP was out on a morning walk with another parliamentarian-Rajya Sabha MP Rajathi Salma.
According to Sudha's complaint, a man wearing a full-face helmet and riding a scooter approached them from the opposite direction and snatched her chain before speeding away.
Sudha said she saw a police control van "within two minutes" of the incident, but the two policemen in the van asked her to file a written complaint instead of taking immediate action. "They didn't even alert anyone, didn't caution anyone. they took it very casually," she said, adding she sent a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah.
"We were advised to give a complaint in writing and approach the jurisdictional police station for the purpose," she wrote. Despite repeated attempts, deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla did not respond to calls or messages.
Sudha, who said she was traumatised, questioned the safety of women in the Capital.
A senior police officer confirmed a case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, though the exact sections invoked are yet to be disclosed. "CCTV footage from the area has been secured and is being analysed. We expect to make an arrest soon," the officer quoted above said, requesting anonymity.
The incident sparked political criticism. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi said, "If this can happen to an MP, imagine the plight of ordinary women."
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bhardwaj, meanwhile, said such crimes had become "routine". Sudha called it a "failure of the double engine government"....
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