Two lady constables, one head constable and one homeguard jawan who harassed the woman have been suspended.

The woman who was beaten up and harassed by personnel of the Uttar Pradesh Police in Meerut inside a police van has said that she and her friend was first attacked by members of Hindu right wing organisations and later by the police.

A video of her harassment inside the police van has gone viral, forcing suspension of two women constables, one head constable and one home guard. In the video, a policeman is seen abusing the woman, while a lady constable repeatedly slaps her for being friends with a Muslim boy.

In an interview to India Today TV, the woman, a 20-year-old medical student in Meerut, said she was studying with her friend in a room when all of sudden some members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad barged in and took her male friend in a different room.

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"They then started beating us. Some of them kept asking me if I am a Hindu or a Muslim and demanded identity proofs," she said.

When the woman asked why they were beating them up, the men said it was because her friend was a Muslim. "Do you want to marry him?" they asked.

Following this, the VHP workers called the police and the two were taken to the local police station in different vehicles.

"I tried to explain the situation to a lady constable but she refused to listen to me. You can see in the video how they misbehaved with me," she said.

Recounting the events at the police station, she said a woman who claimed to be from the Arya Samaj came and kept asking her the same question.

"She asked me why I was sitting with a Muslim boy. I told her that we were just studying. She then asked if I want to marry hum despite being a Hindu?"

The woman told India Today TV that the woman then asked her to file a rape case against her friend. "She said file the case and nothing will happen to you. They said they will let me go if I do so. But I refused."

She said that another cop (who was not seen till now) came to her and asked her to file the case against her friend. "I then called my parents and returned home with them," she said.

Speaking to India Today TV, the woman's mother reiterated this. She said her some people told her husband that their daughter was in a room with a Muslim boy. "They said you please file a case against him. But we refused and took our daughter home," she said.

When asked about the harassment faced by the woman inside the police van, Additional Director General (law and order) Anand Kumar said the cops who harassed her include two lady constables, one head constable and one home guard jawan. "All of them have been suspended for their conduct," he said.

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