Overview
- The woman, identified as Sujata (Sujatha) Handi, also known as Vijayalakshmi, alleges police stripped and assaulted her during detention in Hubballi’s Keshwapur area.
- Hubballi–Dharwad Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar rejects the claim and says she removed her clothes herself while resisting arrest in a police vehicle.
- Police say multiple FIRs exist against her, including a recent case with an attempted murder charge under Section 307, and they have filed a counter-complaint over alleged assault on officers.
- A video circulating online shows her surrounded by male and female personnel on a bus, though independent verification of the assault allegation has not been reported.
- BJP leaders have condemned the incident as inhuman and politically driven, as the dispute stems from a voter list Special Intensive Revision in Chalukya Nagar following a Congress corporator’s complaint.