Amid the countrywide protests in India over discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act, several female students of Jamia Millia University have accused Delhi Police officers of hitting them on their private parts during a protest.
Indian media reported that the Delhi Police hit the students so hard that due to severe injuries that the women were shifted to Al-Shifa Hospital from the Jamia Health Centre for better treatment.
"More than 10 women students have been hit on their private parts. We have found blunt injuries and some have been hit in a way that we had to shift them to Al Shifa because injuries are serious in nature,” said a resident doctor at the university.
Doctors said some students were suffering from internal injuries as they had been beaten with sticks on their chests. A number of students had suffered serious injuries and had been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The situation deteriorated when the protestors of Jamia Millia University got into a scuffle with police after they were disallowed from marching forward.
Indian media reported that the Delhi Police hit the students so hard that due to severe injuries that the women were shifted to Al-Shifa Hospital from the Jamia Health Centre for better treatment.
"More than 10 women students have been hit on their private parts. We have found blunt injuries and some have been hit in a way that we had to shift them to Al Shifa because injuries are serious in nature,” said a resident doctor at the university.
Doctors said some students were suffering from internal injuries as they had been beaten with sticks on their chests. A number of students had suffered serious injuries and had been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The situation deteriorated when the protestors of Jamia Millia University got into a scuffle with police after they were disallowed from marching forward.