London: A minister in charge of India in the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was suspended on Friday after footage showed him “grabbing” and forcibly ejecting a climate activist at a political event in London.
Mark Field, Britain's minister of state for Asia and the Pacific, was a guest at the formal black-tie dinner event at Mansion House in London on Thursday, where UK Chancellor Philip Hammond was making a keynote speech on the state of the UK economy when he was interrupted by female protestors from the Greenpeace environmental organisation.
Field was caught on camera getting up from his seat to confront one of them and forcing her towards the exit. Greenpeace accused the minister of a disproportionate" reaction to their protest and called for an investigation. "He will be suspended as a minister while investigations take place," a Downing Street spokesperson said.
