Shimla Slapgate : Women constable calls her action self defence, Watch | Oneindia News

The slapgate controversy in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, which rocked the nation on Friday, is unlikely to end soon. The woman constable from the hill state who slapped a Congress MLA as a retaliatory measure after she was first slapped by the politician, stated that she had lodged an FIR against her "tormentor". The constable added she slapped the MLA as a "self-protection" measure. "Slapping her was my self-protection. I have lodged an FIR, I am sure I will get justice," the woman constable said. The video of the female cop slapping the MLA during a rally went viral on social media.