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Delhi Police Describe Alleged Assaults During Congress-Led SIR Protest

Delhi Police Describe Alleged Assaults During Congress-Led SIR Protest

Delhi Police officers said they were hurt while trying to manage a protest led by Congress and the INDIA bloc.

Some officers told IANS that people kicked, punched, or pulled them down.

One officer said he had warned protesters that they could not gather there because Section 163 was in force.

Another officer alleged that people at the protest helped his attacker get away.

A woman officer said she was injured while police detained legislators at Akashvani Bhavan.

The article says Delhi Police filed several police complaints, called FIRs, about alleged attacks on officers.

These are accounts and allegations reported by the officers and the article.

It does not include a response from Congress or the protesters.

Sources