New York: Indian-American activist Priya Sawhney, who interrupted Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' on-stage talk, has been arrested on trespassing and burglary charges, according to media reports. Sawhney, 30, rushed on stage during Amazon's "re:MARS" event here on Thursday and asked Bezos to do something about "chicken farms". Sawhney evaded event security, as well as some of Bezos' personal detail, which costs a reported $1.6 million per year, the BBC reported.
"You are the world's richest man. You're the President of Amazon and you can help the animals," shouted Sawhney, asking Bezos to stop the abuses of animals in California farms, the report said. The security took her away. Bezos while Jenny Freshwater, another Amazon executive, sat calmly as the woman was removed.
