The Newshour Debate: Fight bribes, get bricks?
- 9 years ago
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Shazia Ilmi, Leader, BJP; Dr Kiran Walia, Senior Leader, Congress; Gaurav Bhatia, Spokesperson & National Head, Legal Cell, SP; TR Kakkar, Former Police Commissioner, Delhi; Maxwell Pereira, Fmr Joint Commissioner Delhi Police; Bejon Misra, Consumer Policy Expert & Founder Consumer Online Foundation; Prof Kishu Daswani, Professor of Law, Govt College of Law; Padma Rao, Senior Journalist; D Dominic F Dikson, Activist; and R K Misra, President, Navbharat Democratic Party -- discuss the issue of woman biker assaulted by traffic cop in Delhi, and netas getting VVIP treatment, and the aam aadmi getting attacked with bricks.
In a horrific incident of police brutality, a head constable of Delhi Police today hit a woman with a brick in posh central Delhi locality after an altercation following which he was arrested and dismissed from service as the incident triggered widespread outrage. Traffic policeman Satish Chandra was arrested and a criminal case was filed against him after a video clip of his attacking a young woman with two children at Golf Links area went viral. Later, he was dismissed from the service. The victim, who was riding a two-wheeler, alleged that Chandra demanded a bribe of Rs 200 accusing her of violating traffic rules and when she refused he abused her and then hit her with a brick in front of her two minor children. The video clip showed the woman picking up a brick and hurling it at the policeman's bike while the constable was seen attacking her back with another brick. After the medical check up, the woman said her left hand has sustained fracture in the attack. The victim alleged that the policeman accused her of violating traffic norms and started abusing her after she refused to pay Rs 200 as bribe, insisting that a receipt of the fine he was demanding be issued. Giving a run down of the incident, the woman said she was coming from a parent-teacher meeting in her da
In a horrific incident of police brutality, a head constable of Delhi Police today hit a woman with a brick in posh central Delhi locality after an altercation following which he was arrested and dismissed from service as the incident triggered widespread outrage. Traffic policeman Satish Chandra was arrested and a criminal case was filed against him after a video clip of his attacking a young woman with two children at Golf Links area went viral. Later, he was dismissed from the service. The victim, who was riding a two-wheeler, alleged that Chandra demanded a bribe of Rs 200 accusing her of violating traffic rules and when she refused he abused her and then hit her with a brick in front of her two minor children. The video clip showed the woman picking up a brick and hurling it at the policeman's bike while the constable was seen attacking her back with another brick. After the medical check up, the woman said her left hand has sustained fracture in the attack. The victim alleged that the policeman accused her of violating traffic norms and started abusing her after she refused to pay Rs 200 as bribe, insisting that a receipt of the fine he was demanding be issued. Giving a run down of the incident, the woman said she was coming from a parent-teacher meeting in her da