Scribe: Cop touched my breast and pushed me

Has denied allegations

New Delhi, March 27: A journalist who has accused a Delhi police inspector of molesting her has said in her complaint that he groped her breast even after being told that she was with the media. A case was registered on Monday against Vidhyadhar Singh, accused of molesting the journalist during a march organised by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University last week. He was sent to the district lines.

The complainant said she was standing in a service lane near the protest site along with a fellow journalist when the police started hitting the demonstrators with batons. She alleged that she and the other journalist were pushed by Mr Singh. “Both of us at that point told Mr Singh that we are journalists and he backed off for two minutes. He then proceeded to come towards us again and hooked at my chest and placed his hand on my right breast and pushed me again,” she said in her complaint. The journalist also claimed that when she, along with other media people, confronted Singh about the incident, he “denied ( it) saying to my face that I was lying”.

Following her complaint, a vigilance inquiry was ordered into the matter. The journalist reiterated her allegations in front of those looking into the incident. The police inspector had denied the allegations. The case on Monday was transferred to the Crime Branch for a probe. On Friday, JNU students had taken a march from the campus towards Parliament. At the Sanjay Jheel area in Lakshmi Bai Nagar, police lathicharged the crowd and used water cannons to disperse the students