A first information report (FIR) has been registered in connection with purported videos showing the assault of two Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel by a group of protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) march, police said on Wednesday.
Police said the FIR had been registered in connection with the incident. (AFP picture)
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Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma confirmed the development saying that an FIR has been registered.
“RAF personnel were attacked, it is confirmed. An FIR on the incident has been registered” he said.
One of the injured RAF jawan, who is also the complainant, has been identified as head constable Ishwar Singh.
The incident took place a day after the protest march by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) where students and other protesters were attacked with lathis and tear gas.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday had registered six FIRs including charges of criminal conspiracy, rioting, damaging public property, assaulting police officials.
On Tuesday, around 7:30-8pm, purported videos of the incident, shot by protesters, went viral on social media.
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On Tuesday, around 7:30-8pm, purported videos of the incident, shot by protesters, went viral on social media.
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In one video of the incident, a group of men are seen chasing and assaulting an RAF personnel. Another personnel, who had gone to rescue his colleague, was also allegedly attacked.
HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the videos.
Tens of thousands of agitators marched to Parliament in central Delhi on Monday demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over repeated paper leaks and exam irregularities, after a 23-day-old sit-in hunger strike at Jantar Mantar.
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.
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