Hubballi, Jan. 7 -- A woman BJP worker was allegedly assaulted and her clothes were torn while she was being detained by police here, triggering political controversy after a video of the incident surfaced on social media.
The video, widely circulated online, purportedly shows the woman surrounded by male and female police personnel inside a bus during the detention. The situation escalated after the woman objected to her detention and resisted police action, following which she was allegedly assaulted and her clothes were torn.
However, Hubballi Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar rejected the allegations and said the police had not misbehaved with the woman. Speaking to reporters, Kumar said the woman attacked police personnel during her a...