Lathi charge

5 Jun 2011

In power

INC — Delhi Police

Acted

Police, Delhi

Accounts of force differ. The Home Minister said that according to Delhi Police minimum force was used. Before the Supreme Court the police denied a lathi charge, though one police affidavit stated that tear gas, water cannon and finally a lathi charge were used in response to violence by the crowd. The Trust said police attacked the crowd and threw bricks. Justice Swatanter Kumar rejected the police submission that no lathi charge took place, and found that some police personnel inflicted cane injuries and threw bricks while others helped people leave. Rajbala, recorded in the police log as a Gurgaon resident, suffered a cervical spine fracture and later died of septicaemia; the police said she probably fell from the stage, which the court found was not supported by the CCTV footage. [1][2]

• 43 civilians injured, said Delhi Police (as stated by the Home Minister on 8 June 2011) [2]
• 32 police personnel injured, said Delhi Police (as stated by the Home Minister on 8 June 2011) [2]
• 48 members of the public injured, said Delhi Police affidavit of 17 June 2011 (as recorded by the Supreme Court) [1]
• 38 police personnel injured, said Delhi Police affidavit of 17 June 2011 (as recorded by the Supreme Court) [1]
• 55 injured persons named in the Trust's list (the Trust said hundreds were injured), said Bharat Swabhiman Trust (as recorded by the Supreme Court) [1]
• 1 died of injuries (Rajbala), said Supreme Court [1]

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