<div align="justify">A young woman from Bengaluru caused a flutter when she barged into a press meet addressed by a Tamil Nadu minister, alleging harassment by the police at the city’s main mofussil bus terminus and sought action against them.<br /><br />Shortly after Transport Minister M R Vijayabhaskar began his press meet at the terminus, which was telecast live by some TV channels, the woman, claiming to be a research scholar, entered the venue and started yelling out in English, taking the gathering by surprise.<br /><br />“A single woman has no freedom to travel... Four police personnel, including two women, tortured me at Koyambedu bus stand,” she alleged and gave a written complaint to an official who accompanied the minister.<br /><br />Vijayabhaskar, flanked by officials, repeatedly assured her that action would be taken and tried to pacify her before leaving the venue.<br /><br />“I had severe migraine, vomiting, giddiness throughout the night. I just wanted to take 10 minutes rest as I could not walk and lay down (at the bus terminus),” she told reporters, even as women police personnel tried to surround and take her in for questioning.<br /><br />The woman alleged that she was beaten by policemen with batons and was asked why she was lying down there.<br /><br />Identifying herself as Annapoorna from Bengaluru, she alleged that she was “harassed” in the name of “public safety” by the personnel.<br /><br />She also said the personnel asked her to either leave for her onward destination or come to the police station for an enquiry.<br /><br />Police said the woman went to a nearby police station for further follow up action. <br /></div>
<div align="justify">A young woman from Bengaluru caused a flutter when she barged into a press meet addressed by a Tamil Nadu minister, alleging harassment by the police at the city’s main mofussil bus terminus and sought action against them.<br /><br />Shortly after Transport Minister M R Vijayabhaskar began his press meet at the terminus, which was telecast live by some TV channels, the woman, claiming to be a research scholar, entered the venue and started yelling out in English, taking the gathering by surprise.<br /><br />“A single woman has no freedom to travel... Four police personnel, including two women, tortured me at Koyambedu bus stand,” she alleged and gave a written complaint to an official who accompanied the minister.<br /><br />Vijayabhaskar, flanked by officials, repeatedly assured her that action would be taken and tried to pacify her before leaving the venue.<br /><br />“I had severe migraine, vomiting, giddiness throughout the night. I just wanted to take 10 minutes rest as I could not walk and lay down (at the bus terminus),” she told reporters, even as women police personnel tried to surround and take her in for questioning.<br /><br />The woman alleged that she was beaten by policemen with batons and was asked why she was lying down there.<br /><br />Identifying herself as Annapoorna from Bengaluru, she alleged that she was “harassed” in the name of “public safety” by the personnel.<br /><br />She also said the personnel asked her to either leave for her onward destination or come to the police station for an enquiry.<br /><br />Police said the woman went to a nearby police station for further follow up action. <br /></div>