Aswanth I.T. and Sudhin Okay., each learning on the Zakir Husain Delhi College, have been reportedly accosted by a bunch of miscreants on Wednesday (September 24, 2025), accusing the duo of theft.
Mr. Sudhin, 18, advised The Hindu that when the locals accused them of theft, his pal approached a police constable on the spot to ask for assist.
“Instead of serving to us, he slapped each of us a number of instances and made us sit on our knees in entrance of all of the folks. He took my pal’s telephone and gave it to the locals. My pal’s telephone was an iPhone and he tried to take again the telephone and run, however he was crushed lots and dragged to a police sales space,” stated Mr. Sudhin, hailing from Kasargod in north Kerala.
Mr. Sudhin was put in a police automotive and brought to the police sales space subsequent to the Red Fort. At the sales space, they have been “tortured” and advised to simply accept the theft cost, and settle the case by paying ₹20,000, he stated.
“Another police officer, an ASI [assistant sub-inspector], began hitting us. He eliminated our lungi and began hitting us and kicking us on our face and personal elements along with his boots. We have been in Delhi for a month and didn’t know Hindi very nicely.” He stated that when his pal struggled to talk, the ASI kicked him saying “speak in Hindi”, Mr. Sudhin stated. “It continues to be tough for him to eat meals even now.” He stated the law enforcement officials on the sales space additionally made enjoyable of them for carrying lungi.
After their seniors reached the sales space later, they have been let go by the police. “We took some painkillers and slept that day. The subsequent day (Thursday), we went to the hospital and took all of the checks and at the moment (Friday), we went to the DCP north’s workplace and filed a grievance. We know the names of two of the law enforcement officials and might determine the remainder,” he stated.
Responding to the allegation of theft, Mr. Sudhin stated, “This was our first time on the Red Fort space. We have by no means been there earlier than.”
Expressing shock on the “custodial brutality”, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas in a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha urged him to conduct an “neutral high-level investigation”.
Hawkers’ grievance
However, DCP (north) Raja Banthia advised The Hindu that just a few hawkers had introduced the 2 college students to the police put up to settle a fee subject. “Some hawkers them to the put up after allegedly thrashing them available in the market. Hawkers complained that these two individuals had come 5 to 6 days in the past. They bought garments and paid ₹4,000 in money and confirmed them a web based fee of ₹10,000, which was not really made. When they visited the market once more on September 24, the hawkers recognized them, obtained right into a quarrel and manhandled them,” stated the DCP.
He added that the hawkers had given a grievance on the police put up. However, the matter was settled and each events left the sales space. “There was no PCR name or grievance or any illustration to supervisory officers concerning this incident by these two college students. As far because the allegations of beating by police personnel areis involved, nothing has been substantiated until now. But we’re enquiring into the matter,” Mr. Banthia stated.
In his letter to the Delhi Police Commissioner, Mr. Brittas stated that as a substitute of extending safety to those college students, the policemen “colluded with the mob”. “The college students have been dragged, crushed with fibre lathis, stomped upon, stripped, and humiliated in probably the most degrading method,” he stated. Their cell phones have been seized, their private dignity was violated, and so they have been coerced into false confessions, the Rajya Sabha MP stated.
When the scholars, who aren’t fluent in Hindi, tried to clarify in English they have been abused, they have been “coerced to talk in Hindi”. “Even extra outrageous,” Mr. Brittas stated, was that “one of many college students was focused and ridiculed for carrying his conventional Kerala apparel, the mundu. A easy cultural expression was transformed into grounds for criminalisation”.
“Such conduct demonstrates a disturbing mixture of cultural prejudice and unconstitutional coercion,” he added. He urged the Delhi Police Commissioner to conduct an neutral high-level investigation into the incident, making certain that officers and others accountable for the “barbaric assault” are recognized and delivered to justice.
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