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A female drag queen has claimed she fled from armed police in India after organisers of a women’s conference branded her show “indecent”.

Andrea Smith, 40, of Stourbridge , performed at the Women’s Economic Forum in New Delhi to spread a message about domestic violence - dressed as her alter ego Swingerella.

She performed two different acts but it was the first one, Finding Your Voice Through Art, which caused a stir on Thursday.

It began with Andrea dressed in just a pair of knickers and nipple covers - which she said left organisers fuming.

The following night the mum-of-two claims she was warned military police were searching for her and that she would be detained, so she immediately fled back to the UK.

Moments after touching down at Birmingham Airport, Andrea called the Mail to share her story.

She said: “I was invited to speak at the forum and organisers knew what sort of show I performed as they had seen the videos on Youtube. I carried out my act, and at the time nothing was said.

“But on Friday, when I asked the organiser why my performance had not been put on Youtube, he tore into me.

“He told me that I was indecent. He made me feel ashamed.

“My show IS outrageous, but they had all the links to it from YouTube and would have known what to expect.”

Andrea told how she suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after being involved in an abusive relationship. Now she draws on her experiences to perform across the UK and has even been on stage at the Edinburgh Festival.

But she said the experience in India left her terrified. “I was threatened with jail and hunted down by the police,” she added.

“It was really scary.”

Andrea managed to get to the airport and forked out £800 for a plane ticket back to the UK.

“I think my performance was a bit of a culture shock to them,’’ she said. “But it is about domestic abuse.”

No-one from the Women’s Economic Forum in New Delhi was available for comment.