Rahul Gandhi made Delhi Police wait for hours to hand over notice

After Rahul Gandhi speech during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in January in Srinagar, where he mentioned victims of sexual harassment, the Delhi Police have visited him twice and waited for hours to serve him notice to provide details about these victims.

Despite waiting for three hours at his residence in Delhi, the police team was unsuccessful in meeting with Gandhi on Tuesday, news agency IANS reported.

The Congress MP was then served the notice on Wednesday. According to reports, the police team on March 15 had waited for three hours at Gandhi's residence to serve him the notice, however, he did not meet them.

''On March 15, a team of Delhi Police team waited for three hours to give notice to Rahul Gandhi on his statement made in Srinagar regarding an alleged sexual assault with women. Even after waiting for three hours, Rahul Gandhi did not meet the police team," ANI quoted sources as saying..

. "Senior officers of the Delhi Police again visited his residence on March 16 to give notice to him which was personally received by him after one-and-a-half hours," they added.

On Wednesday, Delhi Police issued a notice to the Gandhi asking him to share details about the victims of sexual harassment whom he mentioned in his speech in January this year in Srinagar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, as reported by ANI.

Taking cognisance of social media posts, police have sent a questionnaire and asked him "to give details about women who approached him regarding sexual harassment".

According to police, Gandhi gave a statement in Srinagar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra that "I have heard that women are still being sexually assaulted".

Police have asked him to give details of these victims so that security can be provided to them, the officials said.