BJP MP Hema Malini insulted village pradhan’s husband as he apprised her about felling of trees?

Mathura: The husband of a village Pradhan here on Saturday filed a complaint with police alleging he was insulted publicly by BJP MP Hema Malini.

“I was scolded and insulted by MP Hema Malini who came to Bansibat,” Bhagwan Singh, husband of Mant Mula village pradhan Pradhan Bhagwati Devi, alleged, adding, she even questioned how his wife was elected.

A complaint was submitted to SHO Mant by Singh, Deputy SP Sanjai Kumar said, adding, it has not been registered as the police is looking into the matter.

Singh claimed he apprised Hema Malini about felling of trees in the area on the occasion of Tehsil Diwas but in response she started “insulting” him.

“I told her that I had lodged a complaint about felling of the trees in the area on the occasion of Tehsil Diwas when she wanted to know the reason for cutting of trees but she started scolding and insulting me,” Singh claimed.

Meanwhile, residents of the area on Saturday burnt an effigy of Hema Malini and raised slogans against her.

Singh was hospitalised after a bout of depression and doctors said his condition is stable.

No comments were available from Hema Malini’s side despite several phone calls made to her.

PTI