At least one National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) member suffered multiple injuries allegedly while being detained on Tuesday during a protest against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Connaught Place, according to a medico-legal case (MLC) accessed by HT.
Dozens of NSUI members staged a flash protest at Gate No. Delhi Police subsequently detained NSUI national president Vinod Jakhar and several others. Delhi Police has not responded to the allegation. A video allegedly from the day shows Barala in a physical altercation with a female police officer on a bus. In the alleged video of the incident, the protester purported to be Barala and a woman constable can be seen pulling each other’s hair. The constable then slaps Barala, who then hits her back. HT could not verify the authenticity of the video. Police then took her and other activists to the hospital. “The patient alleges that a police constable (female) pressed her neck, punched her in the neck, scratched her face, pulled her hair and grabbed her abdomen.
7 of Rajiv Chowk Metro Station on Tuesday.
On October 14, at a press conference alongside Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, several NSUI members, including Barala, alleged they were “beaten up” by the police. Dated October 13, Ritu accused a police constable of “physical assault during protest”, according to a presenting complaints section. She also hit her on the private area,” it said.
