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Delhi women's panel chief dragged by car for 15 metres near AIIMS, man arrested

Chief of Delhi women’s panel says the drunk driver assaulted her in the wee hours, outside AIIMS; it shows the national capital is not safe, she adds

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Swati Maliwal, chairperson, DCW

Swati Maliwal, chairperson, DCW

Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal said she was dragged by a car for 10-15 metres when her hand got stuck in the vehicle’s window and its inebriated driver drove on, outside AIIMS in the wee hours of Thursday. A 47-year-old man living in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar has been arrested following the incident which took place of the day.

The incident

Maliwal said she was out in the night to inspect the state of women security in Delhi along with her team, in the wake of the Kanjhawla hit-and-drag incident in which a 20-year-old woman was dragged to death while trapped under a car. Her team was stationed at some distance.

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