Minister Beniwal manhandled

JAIPUR: Minister for state for home Virendra Beniwal was at the receiving end of the people’s ire in Tonk and he was manhandled by a mob at the district collector office on Friday. Accusing the local police of high-handedness in taking action against the accused of eve-teasing a lady teacher on Thursday, the local people surrounded the minister and manhandled him.Sources said the minister had to leave the spot after police provided him cover.
According to sources, a 22-year-old girl working as a teacher at a private school sustained burn injuries when some teenagers threw burning matchsticks at her on Friday. The girl’s scarf and cloths also caught fire during the eve-teasing incident. Police rounded up two teenagers after the incident. However, people accused the police of laxity.
In incident happened when Beniwal was on a visit to Tonk. “He had gone to the district collectorate office when the girl, her family members and other people came there and started shouting slogans,” a police officer said.
They wanted to meet the minister, but the police did not allow them to enter the collector’s office. As soon as the minister came out, the girl and her family members surrounded and manhandled him. “The girl lie down on the ground blocking the minister’s way,” the officer said. The minister had to leave from another door to evade the mob.
The police said that no case for disruption of peace has been registered.