Jamia Millia Islamia Students Share Harrowing Accounts Of Police Brutality
The passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill by the Indian Parliament has led to student protests all over the country. From Assam to Delhi, students protest against this draconian law for several reasons. Clashed between students of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and the police have gotten violent.
Students took to Twitter to talk about the violence on the crackdown on the students of the Jamia Millia Islamia. From being detained, to being the subject of a laathi charge to being shot at, students at the university are on the receiving end of police brutality.
According to a report by Quartz India, police have been heard shouting “thrash them, they are circumcised”. The Wire also reports violence in against protesting students in Aligarh Muslim University and Maulana Azad National Urdu University as well.
Supriya Saharma took to Twitter to talk about how women were shot by the police during the protest and have been trapped in the hostels with no medical attention at all. Kunal Majumdar shared his experiences of police shelling inside the library, where according to others, the police even made arrests.
The posts below elaborate on the experiences of students at the Jamia Millia Islamia.
This is what a Jamia student told us over the phone:
"Girls have been shot at, girls are stuck inside hostels, the police has turned off the lights."
"A friend called me from J&K girls hostel and she said someone was asking for a dupatta because a girl had been shot."
— Supriya Sharma (@sharmasupriya) December 15, 2019
A student in an ambulance, who was in the library describes the police assault against him.
Both his legs were fractured by the police lathi charge, and he says that the police told him to run. When he said he could not, the police continued to beat him. #JamiaProtest pic.twitter.com/4RbGuFDdlg
— The Wire (@thewire_in) December 15, 2019
Update: another 20 injured treated at Batla clinic.
So at least 125 injured in Jamia.— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) December 15, 2019
Lawyers, media persons and other students have been waiting for hours with no communication. pic.twitter.com/uCGVQLW1tk
— Ritika Jain (@riotsjain) December 15, 2019
The 28 students were all picked up from the library where they were studying. The students told Mander and Kabir that @DelhiPolice & @crpfindia entered the library & beat them up.
They have hand and ehad injuries. Many have broken bones.
— Ritika Jain (@riotsjain) December 15, 2019
“The shocking thing is they [the police] did not even spare people who were studying in the reading halls of Jamia. They were not protesting, they were studying there,” he said.
— Supriya Sharma (@sharmasupriya) December 15, 2019
Look at this
I have no words to even say anything about this video. I am so proud of these women who bravely have showed that they are not scared of the Police. And Delhi Police is exposed. See how they use their lathi to scare student
Please watch the whole video and listen pic.twitter.com/mCp0CZ741l
— Retweet Sarkar ? (@GoSlowplz) December 15, 2019
It gets even worse. Young man (appears to be a student) taken from the police station with what appears to be serious injuries. Being taken to Apollo Hospital, we are being told. @KhanAmanatullah is with the cops and the injured boy.#JamiaProtest
@TheQuint pic.twitter.com/K9JjifGimH— Vakasha Sachdev (@VakashaS) December 15, 2019
Another video from inside Jamia Millia Islamia's central library. Female students stuck inside washrooms. Getting frightful Whatsapp messages from juniors stuck inside. #CABPolitics #CABProtests pic.twitter.com/ST1K5VfaqA
— Kunal Majumder (@kunalmajumder) December 15, 2019
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