New Delhi, December 28: Congress' general secretary in-charge for eastern Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, travelled on two-wheeler to meet the family if jailed former IPS officer SR Darapuri after her convoy was stopped by the UP Police. Visuals released by news agency ANI shows the Gandhi scion seated behind a Congress leader and moving towards the residence of Darapuri. Priyanka Gandhi Hits Out at PM Modi Over NRC Row, Says 'Country Is Fed Up of Your Lies'.

Subsequently, Priyanka was seen at the home of Darapuri where she, along with a few Congress leaders, interacted with his family members. The party assured them that they would continue to mount pressure against the Yogi Adityanath-led government until the ex-IPS officer, along with scores of other activists, are not released from jail.

Priyanka, while speaking to reporters outside the residence of Darapuri, said the UP Police personnel "misbehaved" with her. "Police manhandled me. They grabbed my neck," she alleged, adding that her convoy was "blocked for no reason".

Visuals Shared by ANI

"UP police stopped me while I was going to meet family of Darapuri ji. A policewoman strangulated and manhandled me. They surrounded me while I was going on a party worker's two-wheeler,after which I walked to reach there," Priyanka said.

Watch Video: Priyanka Gandhi Levels Manhandling Charge Against Police

Darapuri, along with Congress worker-activist Sadaf Jafar and scores of others, was arrested by the UP Police on December 19 for violating Section 144 of the CrPC and assembling at the Parivartan Chowk to stage a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

Before being stopped from meeting Darapuri's family, Priyanka was barred by the UP Police from meeting the kin of Sadaf Jafar in Lucknow. Congress UP unit chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, who met Sadaf in the Lucknow jail earlier this week, alleged that she had been assaulted by the police. The party, he said, has submitted a request to Governor Anandiben Patel seeking her release at the earliest.

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