A TV grab of Kanhaiya Kumar in Patiala House Court. He was beaten back-to-back as the police watched |
February 18, 2016, NewsCrunch
JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was so badly beaten up and was so shaken he pissed in his pants.
The Telegraph notes that after he was kicked and punched viciously inside Patiala House complex, "...urine stained the young man's trousers."
Delhi Police Commissioner Bassi dismissed that there was any assault. Kanhaiya was merely jostled by an excited crowd, he claimed.
But this is what The Telegraph correspondent saw and reported.
When Kanhaiya was brought to the Court around 10 lawyers pounced on him and had a free run for several minutes...
Half an hour later, he was beaten up again when he was seated in a room inside the court and was waiting for the magistrate. A man in black clothes reportedly barged in and punched and kicked him in his abdomen and pulled his hair in the presence of policemen.
The attacks took place in defiance of a detailed Supreme Court directive to Delhi Police to ensure full security at the hearing.
The same assailants had attacked JNU teachers, students and journalists in the same court complex less than 48 hours ago.