Lathi charge

15 Dec 2019

In power

BJP — Delhi Police

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Police, Delhi

Delhi Police, which reports to the Union Home Ministry, entered the Jamia Millia Islamia campus on the evening of 15 December after clashes nearby in which buses were set on fire, and used batons on people inside, including in the reading rooms of the two library buildings. The chief proctor and the Vice-Chancellor said police entered without permission. Students said police beat people who were studying in the library and not protesting; library staff described broken doors, smashed CCTV cameras and blood on the floor. A senior police officer, Chinmoy Biswal, said about 4,000 people were protesting, police acted to disperse them when the crowd burned buses, police entered the campus to maintain order, and six officers were wounded. In a June 2020 reply to petitions in the Delhi High Court, Delhi Police called the allegations of police brutality an 'utter falsehood' and said it had to enter the university because rioters were using it as a shield to throw stones. Accounts are contested. [2][3][4][6][1][5]

• about 4,000 people protesting near Jamia on 15 December, said Chinmoy Biswal, senior Delhi Police officer (quoted by Al Jazeera) [1]
• 6 police officers wounded, said Chinmoy Biswal, senior Delhi Police officer (quoted by Al Jazeera) [1]
• about 200, many of them students people injured, said Najma Akhtar, Jamia Vice-Chancellor [3]
• more than 100 people with injuries brought to al-Shifa and Holy Family hospitals, said hospital officials (quoted by Al Jazeera) [1]

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