New Delhi, April 5 A woman sub-inspector of the Delhi Police is alleged to have slapped a 78-year-old shopkeeper following a parking dispute in Rohini, northwest Delhi, sources said on Sunday.
The incident took place in Rohini Sector 7, where the elderly man, who runs a shop, objected to a car parked directly in front of his store, according to a police source.
Meanwhile, the woman, who was pregnant, said she had come to the area with her husband for a medical check-up, he added.
She told the police that she had requested the shopkeeper to allow her to park the vehicle for a few minutes and intended to move it after her visit, the source said.
However, the shopkeeper refused, leading to an argument. The situation escalated, and the woman slapped him, the source said.
Eyewitnesses said the woman behaved aggressively and asked onlookers to step aside, claiming that she was a police officer, as a crowd gathered at the spot.
A PCR call was made, and police from nearby police stations rushed to the spot. The woman officer was taken back to a nearby police station, and the matter is under investigation.