Men have been treating women as an object since forever, but a lot changed in the past decade. A lot of women began speaking towards domestic violence, rape, molestation, harassment, eve teasing etc, however, we are yet to reach a state of security.

In yet another harrowing experience for women in Tamil Nadu's Tirupur; a cop was caught on camera, slapping a woman protestor.

A woman protester was slapped by a senior police officer in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday evening. The Additional deputy superintendent of police (ADSP), Pandiarajan, was seen in the video, first approaching that woman violently and then hitting her hard.

It happened in Samalapuram in Tirupur, some 460km from Chennai. These women were protesting against Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) liquor outlet in the locality and were demanding its closure.

In this ruckus, several others were injured as they were pushed away to clear the road, one was even hospitalised. As the video showing the act went viral, various political parties, including DMK, condemned the 'police brutality'. Shops in the locality remained shut on Wednesday in protest against the police action.

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The assault of the woman was raised in the Madras High Court this morning by social activist Traffic Ramaswamy and PMK's legal wing member K Balu, who sought action against the police official.

Following a special mention on the matter, a bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar agreed to hear their petitions later in the day.