Ex-NCW chief Giri assaulted while protecting woman: Delhi police deny incident

Former NCW Chairperson Mohini Giri suffered injuries after she allegedly tried to shield a girl from being molested by a group of men in the Vasant Kunj area of New Delhi. The Delhi Police, however, have denied her claims saying there was no case of molestation and it was a road accident.

It was unclear when the incident took place as Giri has emailed the Delhi Police, which then ordered an inquiry into the case.

Giri says she was on her way to her son’s house when she saw the young girl being molested by a group of men so she stopped her car and approached the group who then began hitting her for trying to intervene.

“I tried to stop a PCR van which was passing by but they refused to stop as they were taking their boss for some urgent work,” Giri told CNN-IBN.

Finally, according to Giri, a police constable stopped and intervened in the matter. Giri also says that she was too shaken by the incident to approach the police and file a complaint.

But according to the Delhi Police, Giri’s claims are false and she acted before understanding the situation. Rajiv Ranjan, DCP PCR narrates the following version of the incident to CNN-IBN.

“Two boys were on a scooter, and two girls, related to them, were on another scooter following them. The boy riding the scooter met with an accident with the pedestrian. He fell on the ground and sustained injuries. two men took him to the hospital by car. The two girls had also fallen.

Giri was passing by in her car and without realising what happened slapped one of the boys. The girl (boy’s sister) intervened and asked why are you slapping my brother?

So there was no incident of molestation. If at all there was, who was the victim? Why would the police not act on a case when the victim could be identified? Such an activist should not stop herself from filing a complaint”, he said.

Ranjan added that they were looking into Giri’s claims that a PCR van was rushing their boss to some important work. “Two PCR vans were rushed to the spot, one took the injured boys to the hospital. The other waited till the local police arrived. We have not found any other PCR van passing by. We are still looking into it though”, he said.

“An inquiry has revealed that the wife of the pedestrian got into a fight with Giri and then hit her”, he said.