Kanhaiya Kumar Was Delivered Safely To Court: Delhi Police Chief | Read

The Supreme Court witnessed excessive drama whereas it was hearing the case regarding assault on college students and journalists on the Patiala House Court.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will be Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi’s personal responsibility to ensure safety of JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, as it was told that he was badly beaten up while being brought to the court premises in police custody earlier in the day.

The petition said the safety of journalists and lawyers too must be ensured and it must also be seen that nobody is denied access to justice.

Kanhaiya Kumar, head of the student union at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), was rushed from a vehicle through a gate into the court by police officers protecting him with a riot shield.

Kanhiaya told the court that he told Delhi Police officials present in the corridor about the man who attacked him outside the court room.

They managed to enter the court complex despite heavy police presence and yet again roughed up a few journalists, snatched their mobiles and deleted video footage.

The violence erupted just before a JNU student arrested for sedition was to be produced before a magistrate. It condemned police for failing to protect them.

Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi has said that the police were trying to identifying those involved in the violence but have made no arrests despite several newspapers naming the lawyers and publishing their photographs prominently.

At 3:40pm, the Supreme Court sent a panel of eminent layers – Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhawan, AND Rao, Dushyant Dave and Hiren Rawat – to take stock of the situation.

He even went on to pat himself for “prudent policing” and managing the situation well. The supporters of Kanhaiya said the government is using the repressive colonial-era sedition law to target the Left-Wing leaders in India.

Slamming Azad for “instigating” students for disrupting the classes, Amita Singh, chairperson JNU’s Centre for Law and Governance said, “A perception is being created that all teachers are in support of the student agitation, which is wrong”.

“Representatives of these 10 student bodies will take out a protest march from Mandi House to parliament on Thursday and hold a public meeting on Saturday”, SFI’s Vikram Singh said.

BBC News journalists at the Patiala court say that a brick was thrown towards media personnel covering the event.

The court said it was taking the matter on record and asked Kanhaiya to give a written statement on the incident. “When the accused asked the police to stop him, no action was taken”, Dhawan said.