Father of man who harassed Prez’s daughter apologises

New Delhi, August 16

The father of the young man who sent obscene messages to Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee and a Congress leader, has apologised, saying that his son was undergoing psychiatric treatment.

The Delhi Congress leader advised the father of Partha Mandal to surrender his son to the local police and let the court decide if he is actually "sick".

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"Partha Mandal's father has written to me on FB (Facebook) claiming that his son is under psychiatric treatment and apologising for his behaviour," Sharmistha Mukherjee wrote on her facebook account on Tuesday.

"In this case, I advised the father to ask his son to surrender to local police. Let the court decide if he is actually "sick" or as we say in Bengali, a 'sheyana pagol'," Sharmistha Mukherjee said.

The Congress leader had publicly named and shamed Partha Mandal on facebook for sending obscene messages to her on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. — IANS