NCW Takes Cognizance on Police Brutality on Amaravati Women Farmers

National Commission for Women has taken a suo-moto cognizance of a complaint on Twitter wherein it has alleged that Women Farmers were brutally beaten and throttled by AP Police during their protest against the decision to trifurcate the Capital. The Commission has written to DGP Gautam Sawang to submit a detailed report of the Police Brutality.

A TDP Supporter had tweeted to Rekha Sharma, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women about the alleged brutality against women. The Commission also validated those claims by the reports on various media channels and took cognizance of the issue.

This is regarding the incident which happened in Mandhadam village on January 3rd wherein women farmers are forcibly stuffed into a van. Several women sustained injuries and a policeman is caught on camera using cuss words on them.

Meanwhile, the agitation in the capital villages has reached the 23rd day today.