Dhurandhar star Ayesha was detained by the Mumbai police on Wednesday evening while she tried to participate in protest held at Dadar in solidarity with the students demanding educational reforms. The protest launched by the CJP in Delhi has now gained widespread attention across many cities.
Ayesha, who is popularly known for her song ‘Shararat’ from the film Dhurandar, shared a series of video wherein she is seen being pushed into the police van by women police officials at Dadar.
In a video posted on her Instagram stories, Ayesha Khan appeared visibly shaken. She said she had arrived at the protest venue at around 4 pm to show solidarity and was standing on the roadside with two of her female friends after her brother and male friends were taken into a police van. According to her, the group had not even begun protesting when the police officials came and detained them. She alleged that they did not have any placards, nor did they shout out slogans, but simply stood on the road when they were detained.
“My hands are literally shivering right now. I’ve been detained in the police van just for standing on the road peacefully. I didn’t say a word. I didn’t even start the protest. I was just standing because my brother, my male friends were detained and we were just standing on the road. Me and two of my other female friends,” she said
In another video she claimed that nearly 15 police personnel, including women officers, surrounded her and the other two female friends of hers and asked them to get into the police van. While she repeatedly asked them why they are being detained, they received no answer.
In a separate video recorded by her at the Worli police station, she said officers at the police station spoke to them politely, but she questioned the conduct of the personnel at the protest site. She alleged that she and her friends were pushed during the detention and asked what law they had broken. She also claimed that only three of them were standing together and questioned why they were detained when, according to her, the restrictions being cited by the police had not yet come into effect.