GURGAON: Hours before MCG councillor Nisha Singh was discharged from Civil Hospital and taken to the duty magistrate on Saturday night, she rebutted all police charges. The councillor was later sent to 14 days' judicial custody. She is likely to file a bail plea on Monday morning.

Recounting the entire incident, Singh told TOI that she was beaten up by cops during the demolition drive at Fatehpur Jharsa and sought legal action against the officers responsible for the "brutal attack".

"I had sought an appointment with the deputy commissioner and was drafting a letter seeking complete stay on the demolition drive. Around 11am on Friday, I got a call from the villagers seeking help as the demolition squad had already reached the spot. I immediately reached there as the area comes in my ward. I asked HUDA official if they had a copy of the court order, but they didn't bother to respond. As the tension was building up, I started recording the incident on my mobile phone," she said.

When asked, if she gave any speech or asked the slum dwellers to resort to violence, she categorically refuted the charges. "When a lady cop saw me recording the incident, she pulled my hair and tried to snatch my phone. When I resisted, around 15 cops encircled me and beat me mercilessly. They took away my phone," said Singh.

"They pushed me into a police jeep and took me to Sadar police station. All along, I kept asking them to return my phone so that I could call my family, but to no avail. After sometime, I was asked to sit in a different police van. Now, I was taken to Palam Vihar police station and kept hostage for next few hours. Later, I was brought back to Sadar police station and made to sit in a room with 15 other women. After sometime, I was told that I will be taken to Civil Hospital for a checkup. But that didn't happen. I was made to change two vehicles on the way which kept driving all around the city. It was dark outside and I was crying in pain. Finally, around 8pm I was taken to Civil Hospital where the doctors advised that I should be admitted," she added.

