'Starved, Abused': Lawyer Alleges Police Brutality in Patna Amid CJP Protests
The report says police used gunfire, tear gas and batons against students and minors, and it calls for a judicial inquiry.
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'Starved, Abused': Lawyer Alleges Police Brutality in Patna Amid CJP Protests
Patna High Court advocates Ankit Kumar and Mohammed Arman allege they were illegally detained during the Bihar Bandh, charged with attempt to murder without due process, and denied access to legal rights after the CJP protests.
Bihar police brutality against student protesters poses grave threat to democracy: Kanhaiya Kumar
Citing a preliminary report by a Congress fact-finding team, Mr. Kumar alleged that the police blatantly disregarded the law and police manuals in an attempt to crush peaceful, democratic student protests
The Congress party formed a fact-finding team to investigate police action during the student protests in Bihar. Presenting its preliminary report, NSUI National Incharge Kanhaiya Kumar said that the Congress party has taken to the streets and compiled a report card on the brutality inflicted by the police on students. This is a deeply worrying picture for democracy. Lathi-charge is common practice for the Bihar police. Students were shot in Siw…
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