BJP worker 'stripped' by police during SIR drive in Hubbali; cops deny allegations

HUBBALI: A BJP idiosyncratic successful Hubballi has alleged that she was assaulted by Keshwapur constabulary nether the Hubballi-Dharwad constabulary commissionerate connected Wednesday, successful transportation with a ailment filed by Congress corporator Suvarna Kallakuntla.The idiosyncratic said constabulary assaulted her and that her apparel were stripped disconnected during the incident."We had been with officials who were conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the elector database successful the Keshwapur country connected Tuesday, and Corporator Kallakuntla's supporters had objected to it," she said. In a video, she was seen with antheral and pistillate constabulary unit successful a bus.

Police said complaints and counter-complaints were filed by some parties.

"When 2 cops tried to apprehension her, she grabbed our mobile phones and resisted. As we called immoderate women constabulary constables, she called different pistillate workers of her party. She lone stripped disconnected her apparel and insisted connected different women making videos connected their phones," they added.Police further said a citizen, Prashant Bommajji, filed a ailment connected Sunday nighttime alleging helium was assaulted by the BJP idiosyncratic and others for questioning the beingness of BJP workers with the Booth Level Officer (BLO) during the SIR.

Corporator Kallakuntla said the contented started with a BLO, Nandini Kulkarni, who went to behaviour SIR with BJP workers."As a BLO, she should spell independently oregon telephone booth agents of each governmental parties. Since she was accompanying BJP workers, immoderate citizens had objected to it. When we got the information, we rushed determination and recovered that the BLO was accompanying BJP workers. We had complained astir the BLO to the HDMC Commissioner connected Saturday itself.

Later, Handi assaulted citizens who had alerted america astir the BLO's wrongdoing," she added.Police commissioner N. Shashikumar and DCPs Mahanand Nandagavi and C.R. Raveesha rushed to Keshwapur constabulary presumption to reappraisal the incident. Shashikumar said helium volition little the media erstwhile verification is concluded.DCP Law and Order Mahaning Nandagavi said that erstwhile cops went to apprehension the pistillate successful transportation with a 307 case, she kicked and adjacent spot cops. "She created a precocious play by stripping disconnected herself. Our pistillate PCs covered her with clothes. She adjacent kicked astatine backstage parts of our personnel. She besides intended to bent her sister. We person videos of each of her acts. A medico ineligible lawsuit is registered against her for kicking astatine backstage portion of 1 Prashant Bommajji.

She has besides had 9 erstwhile cases of honeytrap, obstruction, blackmailing etc." helium added