Archive · 12 Oct 2026
MP John Brittas Says Security Personnel Choked Him During Detention
John Brittas is a member of India’s Rajya Sabha.
He said he went to Connaught Place after hearing that student leaders had been detained.
He was talking to journalists near protesters when security personnel detained him.
Brittas said the personnel grabbed his neck and put him on a bus.
He alleged they pinned him to a seat and choked him.
He said a senior Delhi Police officer stepped in, and he was then allowed to leave.
He was taken to RML Hospital for treatment.
These details come from Brittas’s account of what happened.
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas said he was detained in Connaught Place on Sunday afternoon.
He said he had gone there after hearing that student leaders had been detained.
Brittas said he was speaking with journalists near a group of protesters when security personnel detained him.
He alleged personnel grabbed his neck, threw him onto a bus, pinned him to a seat and choked him.
He said a Delhi Police deputy commissioner intervened, after which he was allowed to leave; he was taken to RML Hospital for treatment.
- Who
- CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, Rapid Action Force personnel and Delhi Police personnel.
- What
- Brittas was detained and alleged that security personnel grabbed and choked him.
- When
- Sunday afternoon.
- Where
- Connaught Place, Delhi; he said he was put on a bus and later taken to RML Hospital.
- Why
- Brittas said he went there after hearing that student leaders had been detained.
- Person detained
- John Brittas, a CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP
- Location
- Connaught Place
- Day and time
- Sunday afternoon
- Personnel named
- Rapid Action Force and Delhi Police
- Brittas’s allegation
- He said he was grabbed by the neck, pinned to a bus seat and choked.
- After the incident
- Brittas said a Delhi Police DCP intervened and he was taken to RML Hospital for treatment.