New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) CPI(M) leader John Brittas was injured after Delhi Police personnel allegedly manhandled him during Sunday’s protest against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with the Rajya Sabha MP being taken to the RML Hospital for an X-ray and a medical examination.
Brittas was physically lifted by police personnel during his detention. A video shared by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) showed him collapsing on the steps of a bus, following which he was taken to the hospital for an examination to check for possible chest injuries.
CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha visited Brittas at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.
In a post on X, the CPI(M) alleged that Brittas was “brutally attacked” by the Delhi Police and subsequently, left by the roadside in an injured and distressed condition.
“Delhi Police has crossed all limits,” the Left party said.
Baby, after visiting Brittas, accused the Delhi Police of assaulting student and youth activists detained during the protest, alleging that police vehicles were turned into “torture camps”.
“Scores of student and youth activists, including SFI President Adarsh M Saji and DYFI CEC member Jaick C Thomas, were assaulted inside police vehicles,” he said in a post on X.
Baby also alleged that women protesters were attacked and detained for hours inside police vehicles.
“The police have turned Delhi into a war zone,” he said, adding that the action would not deter those demanding Kumar’s removal.
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Brittas said in a post on X, “Modi and Shah will pay a heavy price for this. The Delhi Police have become mad dogs.”
In another post, he said the protesters would not retreat even if they were dragged through the streets, beaten with lathis or trampled with boots, asserting that the agitation to reclaim democracy would continue.
Before being detained, Brittas had said the Modi government has lost the moral right to continue in office for allegedly refusing to heed the Supreme Court’s words.
“Every bloodshed on Delhi streets will have repercussions on this government,” he said, adding that Shah should step down from the home minister’s post.
The detention took place as protesters gathered in central Delhi for a second consecutive day to demand Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which had called for the protest at Jantar Mantar, vowed to continue the agitation after police prevented demonstrators from reaching the designated protest site on Saturday. PTI AO RC
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