Nigerian woman tied up by police in Bengaluru

A Nigerian woman was tied with a rope by the police here in a bid to restrain her after she allegedly attacked shopkeepers and policemen in an inebriated condition at National Market.

Authorities at K.C. General Hospital claimed that the woman, in her late 20s and identified as Mariam, had to be physically pinned down before being sedated.

The African Students’ Association has accused authorities of using excessive force.

Witnesses alleged that the woman had turned violent and broke a glass pane, which shopkeepers objected to. Upparpet police arrived at the spot and tied her hands with a rope before putting her into an auto.

A witness at the hospital said, “She was very angry. Her hands had been tied with a rope when she was brought in the auto. The man accompanying her had an injury near his eye. When she had calmed down a little, someone threw a hospital bed sheet over her and pinned her down before being given an injection.”