A new video shows personnel attacking students at Jamiau2019s library New Delhi: Two months after the alleged police brutality at the Jamia Millia Islamia ( JMI), a new video has emerged purportedly showing paramilitary and police personnel beating up students in the library on December 15.
The university said the video was not released by it while the police said they will examine the footage.
The 48- second video, which appears to be CCTV footage, shows some seven to eight paramilitary and police personnel entering the Old Reading Hall and beating up students with batons. The forces are seen covering their faces with handkerchiefs.
The video was released by the Jamia Coordination Committee ( JCC), a group comprising JMI students and alumni.
The group was formed after the alleged December 15 police brutality. The JCC said it received the video from an u201c anonymousu201d source.
It also said the university has shared video footage of the police action in the library with the National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC), which is probing the episode.
Sharing the video on Twitter, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said if no action is taken even after the video, then the governmentu2019s intentions will stand exposed. She also accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Delhi police of u201c lyingu201d that Jamia students were not beaten up inside the library.
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