A Delhi police constable slapped an MP, a former royal, when Congress VP Rahul Gandhi was being detained during protests in the immediate aftermath of former army subhedar Ram Kishen Grewal's suicide last week. The incident took place in the pandemonium that broke out during the protests. The ex-armyman allegedly committed suicide due to his grievances in the implementation of One Rank One Pension.


Rahul Gandhi was detained three times in two days, with Delhi Police picking him up from Jantar Mantar to prevent him from leading a protest march over the suicide.


A cop unintentionally manhandled the royal and gave him a hard slap and pushed him into a Delhi bus. The incident went unreported because the prestige, name and fame of the royal was at stake and the royal, a close aide of Rahul Gandhi, decided to hold his silence. But a few Congress leaders are now sending Whatsapp and text messages about the incident and a few even have a photograph as proof.

Royal dilemma, this.


Image: Rahul Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia during the protests last week.