A video of Samajwadi Party MP Iqra Hasan repeatedly saying “don’t touch me” while being escorted by police in Saharanpur spread rapidly on social media on Tuesday, turning a local protest over a youth death investigation into a political flashpoint in Uttar Pradesh.
The Kairana MP was briefly detained after an argument with DIG Saharanpur range Abhishek Singh regarding the investigation into the death of Monu Kashyap, a 25-year-old man from Shamli district. The confrontation unfolded after Hasan visited the DIG office with the victim’s mother, who has been demanding a wider probe and the addition of more names to the FIR.
The viral clip, recorded outside the DIG office premises, showed police personnel attempting to escort Hasan toward a vehicle while she objected strongly to being touched during the detention.
