Video leaked of armed men in uniform beating students in Delhi library
A video grab shows armed men lathi-charging students in Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi.
The students and Jamia Coordination Committee shared CCTV footage on December 15, showing a number of Delhi police personnel attacking students inside the Jamia University library.
In the video, men in uniform are seen entering the library that students say is the Old Reading Hall of the M.A/M.Phill Section and thrashed the students, who were sitting and studying.
Delhi Police Joint Commissioner of Police Pravir Ranjan has also refused to comment on its authenticity and the matter is being probed. Not just social media but political reactions have also started pouring in since early Sunday.
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The Twitter handle of the Jamia Millia Islamia said: "Watch this and realise what kind of trauma and brutality the JMI students faced at the hands of the Delhi Police. Students have been brutalised for no fault."
It is not clear the armed men were Delhi police personnel. A probe has been launched.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also tweeted the video and wrote: "See how Delhi Police is thrashing the students. One boy is showing his book, but the policeman is beating him. Union Home Minister and Delhi Police have lied that they did not enter the library. After watching this video, if no action is taken, then the motive of this government is exposed before the country."
On December 15, just days after the Citizenship Bill was passed students and locals while taking out an anti-CAA protest rally had gone on a rampage and burnt buses, after which the police resorted to a baton charge, Delhi Police had said. The case has been with the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police.
The University had approached the police for filing an FIR against the erring police personnel responsible for the brutality. The jamia Millia Islamia administration had also filed a case in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, who has directed the Delhi Police to file action taken report by March 16
