BJP MLA caught kicking a woman outside his office in Gujarat, said “acted in self defence”

India, (3/6/2019): Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Naroda, Balram Thawani, was caught on camera kicking a woman. The incident took place on Sunday when the woman, identified as Nitu, threatened to stage a protest outside Balram Thawani’s office if two days time was not given to some affected residences offices before their water supply was disconnected.

Thawani and his aides assaulted Nitu after a verbal argument. In the video, the BJP MLA is seen kicking her. Another person besides Thawani is seen slapping her in the video. Nitu’s husband, Rajesh Tejwani was also heckled by Thawani’s men.

After the video went viral, Thawani said he had acted in self-defence. He said he assured them to solve the issue by Monday but people started raising slogans against him. “Then, one person hit me from behind following which, I came out of the office where I was pushed around. In all that, I may have accidentally hit the woman. It should not have happened,” the legislator told a leading daily.

DCP Zone 4 Neeraj Badgujar said he has not received a formal complaint from anyone. ACP AM Desai said that the police were looking into the matter.