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Jamia CCTV Footage Reveals Police Thrashing Students Inside Library During December 15 Protest
By: Priyanka Maheshwari Sun, 16 Feb 2020 10:41:32
The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), a group consisting of students and alumni of the university on Sunday, February 16, released a CCTV footage of how police stormed into the library and thrashed the students with lathis on December 15, 2019.
The new CCTV footage from December 15, shows what happened at Jamia's Old Reading Hall. The Jamia Coordination Committee while sharing the footage on Twitter said, "Exclusive CCTV Footage of Police Brutality in Old Reading Hall, First floor-M.A/M.Phill Section on 15/12/2019. Shame on you."
In the CCTV footage, students can be seen sitting in the library as the Delhi Police officials enter in and start hitting them with batons.
After the video was released on social media, netizens took to Twitter and slammed the Delhi police for brutality on students. Later, #JamiaViolence and #ShameonDelhiPolice started trending on Twitter.
Exclusive CCTV Footage of Police Brutality in Old Reading Hall, First floor-M.A/M.Phill Section on
— Jamia Coordination Committee (@Jamia_JCC) February 15, 2020
15/12/2019
Shame on you @DelhiPolice @ndtvindia @ttindia @tehseenp @RanaAyyub @Mdzeeshanayyub @ReallySwara @ANI @CNN @ReutersIndia @AltNews @BBCHindi @the_hindu @TheQuint @BDUTT pic.twitter.com/q2Z9Xq7lxv
This is clear evidence against @DelhiPolice . Students getting beat up without provocation inside the library . https://t.co/ff8CnWRG2v
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) February 15, 2020