DCW chief Swati Maliwal 'molested', dragged by 'drunk' car driver near Delhi's AIIMS

A PCR call was received at around 3.12 am and a police team including ACP Hauz Khas reached the spot at around 3.20 am the accused was apprehended.

New Delhi, Jan 19: Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal was "molested" and "dragged by a car" for several meters opposite AIIMS in the national capital in the early hours of this morning.

Narrating her ordeal, Maliwal said, "A car driver molested me in an inebriated condition and when I caught hold of him, he locked my hand in the car window and dragged me. God saved my life. If the Chairperson of the Women's Commission is not safe in Delhi, then imagine the situation."

"Maliwal was with her team outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here at around 2.45 am when the arrested person later identified as Harish Chandra hailing from the city's Sangam Vihar and who appeared to be in an inebriated state approached her," DCP South Chandan Chowdhary told ANI.

"When she refused again and went near the driver's side window to reprimand him the man rolled up the car's glass window and her hand got stuck and she got dragged for about 10-15 metres," the DCP said.

A PCR call was received at around 3.12 am and a police team including ACP Hauz Khas reached the spot at around 3.20 am the accused was apprehended.

"The police took a written complaint from Maliwal and sent her and the accused for medical examination," the DCP added.

A case was registered under the IPC in which Sections of molestation (354) were also included. Other sections include 323/341/509 IPC and 185 Motor Vehicles Act.

The incident comes days after Anjali Singh (20) was killed in the early hours of the new year day after her scooter was hit by a car, which dragged her for more than 12 kilometres from Sultanpur to Kanjhawala.