A singer in West Bengal has alleged that police constables, officers and civic police volunteers bullied and harassed her when she went to perform at a soiree organised by the police in Dantan district.

Mekhla Dasgupta, who shot to fame after participating a television reality show, recounted her ordeal on her way back from the performance on 10 November on Facebook. Later, she did another Facebook Live video where she reiterated all the allegations.

Dasgupta took to Facebook in the dead of the night, panting and anxious, and began by apologising to her followers about going 'live' unannounced. She said, "I have gone live without announcing, because I am in great danger. I am returning now, but with great risk to my life. I am not sure if I am will be able to return safely." She kept repeating that she felt helpless and scared and said that since she was not travelling in her own car, she would return home and then narrate the entire ordeal.

She went live on Facebook the next afternoon and reiterated that she had to go 'live' in the dead of the night because she felt that she was in grave danger.

She said that the car she was travelling in the day before had been provided by the organiser of the programme so she couldn't narrate what happened right then.

"When I began the first song, I heard a group of men screaming, 'this won't do, sing dance songs'. So I changed and sang a few fast songs. I think a lot of them were slightly drunk and were dancing as well," she said.