Congress MP Sudha's gold chain snatched in New Delhi
The Mayiladuthurai MP was robbed of her gold chain, weighing more than four sovereigns, when she was on her morning walk along with DMK Rajya Sabha member, Rajathi Salma, outside the Polish Embassy in Chanakyapuri in New Delhi.
In a letter to Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, Ms. Sudha rued the lack of adequate security resulting in an attack on a Member of Parliament even in a high security zone. Ms. Sudha said she was traumatised by the attack on her.
'At around 6.15am-6.20am, when we were near the Poland Embassy's Gate-3 and Gate-4, a man wearing a full helmet and thereby covering his face entirely and riding a Scooty approached us from the opposite direction and snatched my gold chain and fled. Since he was coming slowly in the opposite direction I did not suspect he could be a chain-snatcher. As he pulled the chain from my neck, I have suffered injuries on my neck,' her letter stated.
She added, 'If a woman cannot walk safely in this high-priority zone in the national capital of India, where else can we feel safe and do our routine without fearing for our limbs, lives and valuables.'
She urged the Home Minister to ensure the culprit is tracked down and arrested.
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