Delhi: Muslim woman seeks action against police for barging to the house at midnight , illegal search, parading her without purdah/veil and 13 hours detention.

The Delhi High Court had sought the stand of the city police on a petition by a 'niqabi' (veiled) Muslim woman seeking an impartial probe and action against its personnel who took her to a police station forcibly without her veil and subjected her to degrading treatment. The petitioner claimed that on the intervening night of November 5-6, at around 3 AM, some police officials had barged into her house, conducted an illegal search, paraded her without her purdah/veil to the police station, and detained her for 13 hours in flagrant violation of the law.