Sakshi Maharaj lands in fresh row

May 06, 2016 09:56

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sakshi Maharaj triggered a fresh controversy after a video, purportedly showing him asking a young woman to unbutton her jeans so that she could reveal the wounds suffered by her during a recent police raid at her house, went viral.

In the video, whose authenticity cannot be verified, the BJP leader is shown sitting on a chair, surrounded by a group of people, while a young woman is egged on to unbutton her jeans and show wounds suffered by her in the abdomen.

While the visuals created outrage on social media, Maharaj termed the allegation "baseless."

He blamed the controversy on media persons filming the incident and said it was at their behest that the woman unbuttoned her pants. "I asked her to stop and said there was no need for her to show her wounds. The media people insisted she reveal her wounds. The moment that happened, I stood up, she is like my daughter. You can see the video for yourself," the BJP MP from Unnao said.

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