Delhi Police assaults students outside RSS office

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, February 1, 2016: A video of Delhi Police brutally beating up students who were protesting outside the RSS office in Delhi has gone viral on Twitter.

The police action took place on January 30 even as students from All India Students’ Association (AISA) were protesting against the death of Rohith Vemula outside the RSS office.

The police resorted to a violent lathicharge to disperse the students from the place. During the melee that followed, the police did not spare even the women who were part of the protest. The video shows some policemen brutally thrashing two women and throwing them to the ground.

The video also shows some people in plain clothes also assaulting the students. It is not yet clear whether the plain clothes men were policemen or not. Some of the protesters later alleged that the men in plain clothes were RSS supporters.

Some reports suggest that the police resorted to lathicharge after the protesting students broke through the first barricade.

However, the police denied having resorted to force. In a statement to PTI, DCP (Central) Paramaditya said, "No protesters were detained and no forced had to be used at all."

Rohith Vemula committed suicide on January 17 at the Hyderabad Central University. According to his suicide note, he committed suicide after he was expelled from the hostel by the HCU authorities.