Protestors on Monday took out a march against the new citizenship law from Jamia Nagar (Image credit: @travelwithdanish/Instagram)
The Delhi Police personnel on Monday allegedly lathi-charged citizenship law protestors, which included students from Jamia Milia Islamia and residents of Jamia Nagar, who were marching towards the Parliament to demonstrate against the new act. The march started from gate number seven of the university, according to news reports.
The police have however denied the claims of lathicharge, saying that the cops were only brandishing batons in a bid to stop the march. The police said that the protestors didn’t have the permission for carrying out the march. According to PTI, the police had initially appealed to the protestors to end the march.
Despite police's claims to the contrary, unconfirmed accounts on social media claim that as many as 40 protestors were injured in the police action. The injured were rushed to the nearby Holy Family Hospital and the Ansari Medical Centre, as per several Twitter handles.
Another social media account said that even though the police had used 'mild' force, it was done to push back the protestors. Several women protestors were also allegedly manhandled by the police, as per images shared on the social media platform.
Heavy deployment of police personnel was spotted at the protest venue ahead of the march, as per a video shared on Twitter.
According to a media report, at least ten women protestors have accused the cops of hitting them on the private parts using boots. A woman protestor has accused a cop of tearing her burqa and then bashing her repeatedly if news reports are to be believed.
