Chaos at Shaheen Bagh as woman reporter disguises self in burqa, police escort her out

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Feb 05, 2020:   Shaheen Bagh protesters who have been camping at the anti-CAA protest site were up in arms on Wednesday as woman reporter disguised herself in a burqa to shoot videos of the protesters. The woman reporter was found in the middle of a group of agitated women who raised a hue and cry over her disguising herself to allegedly "misreport" on the protest.

 

The women of Shaheen Bagh became suspicious of the burqa-clad woman while she was filming the protest. They caught hold of the reporter and shouted at her, which is when Delhi Police came to her rescue and escorted her out of the site.

Several videos of Gunja Kapoor, who runs a YouTube channel ’Right Narrative’ and is also a journalist associated with an online magazine, have gone viral on social media.

As the police tried to bring her out of the protest site in Shaheen Bagh, a huge crowd could be seen raising slogans against her and asking the reporter for her reasons for concealing her identity to go to the anti-CAA protest that has become a flashpoint in the Delhi elections.

Delhi Police has said they are questioning Gunja Kapoor.

Shaheen Bagh is at the centre of several controversies over the past several weeks. Women of Shaheen Bagh have been protesting for over 50 days against the Citizenship Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

Recently a gunman opened fire at the protest venue while shouting anti-Muslim slogans.

Shaheen Bagh has also become an poll issue ahead of the crucial Delhi elections due on February 8.

Courtesy:India Today