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CPI(M) Alleges Delhi Police Assaulted MP John Brittas During Protests
People gathered in Delhi to protest and ask Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
They said there were problems with the updating of voter lists.
Police stopped the planned gathering at Jantar Mantar and detained many protesters.
Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas was detained on Saturday and again on Sunday.
CPI(M) said police had assaulted him and shared a video that appears to show him hurt.
The video does not show when or how he was injured.
Student groups also said some of their members were attacked and detained.
The reported circumstances of the injuries remain unclear.
CPI(M) alleged that Delhi Police assaulted Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas during protests and shared a video appearing to show him injured.
The footage shows Brittas inside a police van with a red-stained cloth covering part of his face, but does not establish when or how he was injured.
Brittas was detained on both Saturday and Sunday; on Sunday, he was marching with protesters towards Jantar Mantar.
Protesters demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Police detained demonstrators, including members of the Students' Federation of India; police sources confirmed Brittas’s Sunday detention.
- Who
- Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, protesters, Delhi Police, and the Students' Federation of India.
- What
- CPI(M) alleged that police assaulted Brittas during protests; the video shared by the party appears to show him injured, but does not establish how it happened.
- Where
- Delhi, including Connaught Place, Rajiv Chowk, and the route towards Jantar Mantar.
- When
- The protests and detentions took place on Saturday and Sunday; the video’s recording date is unclear.
- Why
- Protesters demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
CPI(M) and protest groups
Police account and unresolved details
What happened to John Brittas
CPI(M) and protest groups
CPI(M) alleged that Delhi Police assaulted Brittas and shared footage appearing to show him injured.
Police account and unresolved details
The article reports that police sources confirmed Brittas’s Sunday detention, but the video does not establish when or how he was injured; no police response to the assault allegation is provided.
Police action against demonstrators
CPI(M) and protest groups
SFI said its leaders and members were attacked and detained, while protesters questioned the police action and described their demonstration as peaceful.
Police account and unresolved details
Police denied permission for the planned Jantar Mantar gathering and detained demonstrators attempting to reach the site; the articles provide no police explanation addressing the SFI allegations.
Key facts
- MP named in allegation
- John Brittas, a Rajya Sabha MP
- Party making the allegation
- Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M)
- Video details
- It appears to show Brittas in a police van with a red-stained cloth covering part of his face; its recording date and the circumstances of his injury are unclear.
- Detentions
- Brittas was detained on both Saturday and Sunday, according to the article.
- Protest destination
- Jantar Mantar
- Protest demand
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in electoral-roll revision.
- Reported security deployment
- More than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel had been deployed across Delhi.
Quotes
John Brittas
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP commenting on the detention of CJP leaders at the airport.
“The central government is doing all this because they are scared. The police could have arrested them once they come out of the airport. They could not have escaped from inside the airport. There was no need to detain them from inside the plane.”
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“He was later dropped by the roadside, visibly injured and in distress.”
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Sources
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