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Report Reveals Burqa-Clad YouTuber Was Heckled After She Said ‘Hey Ram’ In Conversation With Shaheen Bagh Protestors

Swarajya Staff

Feb 06, 2020, 02:27 PM | Updated 02:27 PM IST


Journalist Gunja Kapoor
Journalist Gunja Kapoor

A report published in The Times of India has revealed that Gunja Kapoor, a YouTuber who was reportedly heckled at Shaheen Bagh yesterday, came under suspicion after she said “Hey Ram” in conversations with those sitting on protest at the site.

Kapoor was clad in a burqa when she was “caught” by the crowd at the illegal protest site. A camera was also reportedly found with her. Kapoor was taken away from the site by the police.

The report has quoted a woman named Nusarat, introduced as one of the protesters at the site, saying, “We have no problem with anyone coming here. But the woman started askign questions like ‘Kaun kaun se Hindu loag aaye thhe’ and other irrelevant questions. At one point when she remarked ‘Hey Ram’, we realised something was amiss.”

The report also quotes one Upasna Sharma as saying that when she asked Kapoor why she was clad in a burqa, the latter replied, sked why was she wearing a burqa, she said she was scared to come there.

Earlier reports had said that the Shaheen Bagh protesters confronted Kapoor after she asked “too many questions” and later insisted on “frisking” her.


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