Jamia Students Allege assault by Delhi Police, Cops Deny Charge
Rumsha,19, was getting ready for her evening prayers when she heard students asking her to get inside reading hall of Dr Zakir Hussain Library of Jamia Millia Islamia. Police had barged in the campus, they told her.
She came running out of the campus, without any slippers, tears streaming down her face, and tripping on the stones and bricks littered outside gate no. 7 of the campus. She was shaking.
"We got inside the reading hall and switched off the lights so that they wouldn’t see us. But police broke open the doors, barged in and brutally beat up students before dragging them out," she said.
Zia-ur-Rahman, 14, who had come to Delhi to prepare for entrance exams to Jamia school, was among those injured. "We were protesting for our rights and were marching peacefully when police suddenly started the lathicharge. Our throats were burning because of the tear gas. We requested them not to beat us but they didn’t listen," he said.
Rahman had fractured his hand and was among the 25 students taken to Holy Family hospital for treatment.
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