Civil services aspirants hold ground, 1 tries immolation
26 July 2014 6:26 AM IST
Despite being lathicharged and some of them getting arrested after the Thursday commotion, hundreds of UPSC aspirants continued their protest against CSAT in the national capital. On Friday, around 235 protesters were detained by the police at Parliament Street in New Delhi.
About 235 protesters were detained by the police from areas near the Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk and the Sansad Marg, SBS Tyagi, additional commissioner of police. A large number of them were held near the Rail Bhawan, when they were marching towards Parliament House. ‘These are all high-security areas and all these protesters have violated section 144 (unlawful assembly) of the CrPC. But no one has been booked under section 144 of the CrPC,’ said SBS Tyagi.
Sources said, an aspirant tried to immolate himself but he was detained by the police in the nick of time.
Many of the detained protesters have complained about being physically assaulted by the police officials. ‘When the police van went a little ahead of the spot from where the media people present in the area, they started assaulting us. It was a peaceful protest otherwise,’ said Manoj Kumar, a detained protester, who hails from Nagpur.
However, all the 300 protesters detained were released by 8 pm on Friday evening, said a
police official.
At the same time, around 600 civil aspirants had gathered at Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi to protest against CSAT. A large number of them were part of the violent commotion that happened on Thursday night at the Gandhi Nagar — Wazirabaad road, near Mukherjee Nagar — where thousands of UPSC aspirants reside, said a police official.
In Thursday’s incident, 20 protesters were arrested for allegedly torching four vehicles, including a police gypsy. ‘When we tried to stop the protesters, they attacked us and that led to a lathicharge,’ said Madhur Verma, deputy commissioner of police (north). He further said that 10 police officers were injured in the incident.
The arrested protesters have been booked under sections, 186, 353, 332, 308, 427, 147, 148 and 149 of IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Verma added.
The protesters, however, have a different story to tell. They say it was the police officials who attacked first. ‘Around 10 pm, they started getting inside the apartments of the civil aspirant and thrashed them severely,’ said Vishal Singh, who was severely injured during Thursday’s lathicharge.
‘They also went to the apartments where women aspirants lived and started abusing them. There was no women official to handle women protesters,’ said Suchita, a UPSC aspirant.
About 235 protesters were detained by the police from areas near the Central Secretariat, Patel Chowk and the Sansad Marg, SBS Tyagi, additional commissioner of police. A large number of them were held near the Rail Bhawan, when they were marching towards Parliament House. ‘These are all high-security areas and all these protesters have violated section 144 (unlawful assembly) of the CrPC. But no one has been booked under section 144 of the CrPC,’ said SBS Tyagi.
Sources said, an aspirant tried to immolate himself but he was detained by the police in the nick of time.
Many of the detained protesters have complained about being physically assaulted by the police officials. ‘When the police van went a little ahead of the spot from where the media people present in the area, they started assaulting us. It was a peaceful protest otherwise,’ said Manoj Kumar, a detained protester, who hails from Nagpur.
However, all the 300 protesters detained were released by 8 pm on Friday evening, said a
police official.
At the same time, around 600 civil aspirants had gathered at Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi to protest against CSAT. A large number of them were part of the violent commotion that happened on Thursday night at the Gandhi Nagar — Wazirabaad road, near Mukherjee Nagar — where thousands of UPSC aspirants reside, said a police official.
In Thursday’s incident, 20 protesters were arrested for allegedly torching four vehicles, including a police gypsy. ‘When we tried to stop the protesters, they attacked us and that led to a lathicharge,’ said Madhur Verma, deputy commissioner of police (north). He further said that 10 police officers were injured in the incident.
The arrested protesters have been booked under sections, 186, 353, 332, 308, 427, 147, 148 and 149 of IPC and Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, Verma added.
The protesters, however, have a different story to tell. They say it was the police officials who attacked first. ‘Around 10 pm, they started getting inside the apartments of the civil aspirant and thrashed them severely,’ said Vishal Singh, who was severely injured during Thursday’s lathicharge.
‘They also went to the apartments where women aspirants lived and started abusing them. There was no women official to handle women protesters,’ said Suchita, a UPSC aspirant.
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