Bhavana Kishore forced to keep the door open while using the washroom by Punjab Police

New Delhi, May 10: On May 9, Times Now Navbharat reporter Bhawana Kishore, who was arrested by Punjab Police for allegedly being involved in an accident and using casteist slurs after an accident, talked about her ordeal during the time she was in custody. She told Group Editor Navika Kumar and anchor Sushant B Sinha that she was forced by the police to use the toilet with its door open.

 

 

 

On the day of the arrest, the police told her that her medical was scheduled for 1 AM, and after that, she would be presented in front of the magistrate. She said, “I was not feeling well, so I ate the food [they gave]. The driver and cameraperson also ate a little. I was having a lot of water as I was feeling nervous. When I went to the washroom, 2-3 female constables accompanied me. There was no electricity or water at the police station [I was kept in].”

 

 

 

Bhawana broke down on camera while describing her humiliation during the custody. “I still used the washroom while the door was open. I was under so much mental pressure that I felt no shame,” she said. Later that night, senior police officials came to meet her. She said, “I folded my hands before them and told them I did not do anything wrong. Please let me go. You can check the CCTV footage. My cameraperson and driver are also innocent. They told me they knew I did nothing wrong and asked me to cooperate.” Bhawana further told Navika that the washroom she was allowed to use at the hospital where she went for the medical had blood-soaked clothes. “I felt like I would vomit. I saw dead bodies in the hospital late at night. If I think about it, I again feel the same.”

 

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She said there were female constables around her. They allowed her to use the washroom to take a bath, but she could not lock the doors on one condition. She said, “I felt awkward that the door was open and they [female constables] might be looking. I feared that a CCTV was recording me while I was using the washroom.”