"Like My Sister, Realise Mistake": Noida Politician On Abusing Woman
NDTV
Asked about his alleged connection with Swami Prasad Maurya, Shrikant Tyagi said, "I never asked Maurya ji for any help. He did not help me in any way."
Shrikant Tyagi, the Noida politician arrested after he was filmed verbally abusing and assaulting a woman, has said that the woman was "like his sister" and that he "realises his mistake".
"I regret the way I got carried away and used slangs. I should not have done that. She is like my sister. Women have a place of respect in the society. So definitely it is a mistake. I realise that and I am ready to apologise to her," he told TV9 Bharatvarsh in an interview after his arrest from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.
"I got carried away and later realised that I should never use such language for anyone," he added.
Asked about the events that led to the altercation, he said that he had planted palm trees outside his ground floor flat. "The builder charged ground floor flat buyers 5 per cent extra as prime location charge. In return, you get a green area outside your flat. This is mentioned in the property registration papers. We planted palm trees there in 2019 and people started accusing us of encroachment," he said.
