Priyanka Bharti, an MA 1st year student, who lives in Bihar, was one of several hundred students approaching the Parliament. After students crossed the first barricade, placed near the campus, Priyanka tried to breach the second one at Baba Ganga Nath Marg.
바카라When I climbed the barricade, the women constables on the other side pulled me down and nicked me with pins,바카라 Bharti said. A mark, purportedly caused by the pin, is still visible on her hand.
Bharti said many of those who grabbed her down were not wearing badges or uniforms.
As other students were trying to climb and breach the barricade, two women constables held Bharti by arms. 바카라Then, a male constable put his hand on my breasts,바카라 Bharti said.
At first, Bharti said, I thought he did it unintentionally, 바카라but when I looked at him, he was smiling at me.바카라
바카라He did it intentionally.바카라
바카라I cannot forget the face of that policeman. It runs in my mind every time.
Bharti said she kept shouting but the female constables did not let her go. Like many others, she was beaten with sticks 바카라 she says she has bruises on her back and shoulders.
She is not the only female student who alleged groping by the policemen.
Another student, who did not want to be named, said she was sexually abused.
바카라A group of women constables grabbed me and out of nowhere, a male constable came and slipped his hand under my Kurta and placed it on my breasts,바카라 she said.
바카라I shouted at him. Even the women constables there were not bothered about what he had done.바카라
The students of JNU have been protesting against the proposed hostel fee hike, mentioned in the new hostel manual of the varsity. At least 43 per cent of students, according to the University바카라s 2017-18 annual report, come from low-income families and they have been demanding a complete roll-back calling the fee hike 바카라massive바카라 and 바카라against the spirit바카라 of the institution.
Several students, who Outlook spoke to, said they will have to quit their studies if the new hostel manual was implemented, for they won't be able to afford such a 바카라hefty바카라 amount. For almost a month, the university has been under a 바카라lockdown바카라.
Apeksha Priyadarshini, a research scholar and a member of the Students Union, said they were trapped inside the campus after the police placed barricades just the night before the march to the Parliament.
On the morning of November 18, the students crossed the first barricade right outside the campus gates and then managed to break the second one, too.
Priyadarshini said at the third barricade, on Baba Ganga Nath Marg, there were several policemen in civvies or without badges. 바카라There was a huge presence of police.바카라
As the students tried to breach the barricade, she said, five women constables, who were in plain clothes, grabbed her and started pulling on her clothes.
바카라The moment my clothes started to tear off, I warned them they were committing sexual harassment,바카라 she said.
Though her warning stopped them from tearing her clothes, Priyadarshini said they grabbed her and tossed her on the other side of the barricade. She was later detained, taken to Delhi Cantt Police Station, and released only around 6 PM.
After her release, Priyadarshini headed to Jor Bagh, where the student march had halted for a briefing.
바카라Suddenly, a huge contingent of police came, like a wave and switched off all the street-lights and lathi-charged the students to disperse them,바카라 she said.
But, Priyadarshini said, that is not where it stopped.
바카라The policemen were placing their hands on our chests and pushing us away,바카라 she said.
Priyadarshini said several other female students, who were present at the spot, were subjected to the same treatment.
Ritu Raj, Station House Officer Vasant Kunj (North) Police Station, which has the campus under its jurisdiction, said there were such incidents as mentioned by the students. 바카라These are all allegations. These are false allegations,바카라 he told Outlook.
Krishnaa, who is pursuing her Masters Degree in JNU, contested police바카라s claim. She said she saw one of her female friends being tossed to the ground by policemen, leaving her wounded.
When the police were chasing the students away, some female students hid inside the public toilets near the INA Metro Station, Krishnaa said.
바카라But the police barged inside, dragged us out by hair, and thrashed us.바카라
Krishnaa said the students were 바카라hunted like animals바카라.
바카라We are bruised all over. We cannot even show the spots where we have injury marks,바카라 she said.
Another student, Sucheta, who is also a member of JNUSU, corroborated what Priyadarshini and Krishnaa said.
바카라Male constables placed their hands on our chests and pushed us away,바카라 Sucheta said.
Besides sexual harassment, several students, who Outlook spoke to, said the police carried blades and gashed several students.
Sucheta said women constables were using their badges to nick female students on their chests.
Sucheta has a cut on her foot, which she said, was caused due to a blade used by police.
바카라I am not the only one who has such cuts. There many others who were wounded by blades.바카라
Even as the protests near a month in JNU, the students have vowed to continue with their 바카라fight against injustice바카라.
No matter how much we are beaten, Bharti said, we will not stop. 바카라I do not want to return to the hell I came from.바카라 Bharti refers to poverty as hell.
