New Delhi: The Delhi Police has denied allegations of the use of excessive gravity versus students in the Jantar Mantar protest on July 20 versus the NEET paper leak and said that over 30,000 students were present at the event
What did Delhi police say well-nigh it?
The Delhi Police had filed an testimony surpassing the Supreme Court declaring that the use of graded gravity was necessary without the barricades were breached due to the scale of the crowd.
The testimony was filed as a worldwide reply in four unfluctuating petitions seeking a Supreme Court-monitored probe into allegations of police excesses during the protest.
The Delhi Police said the protesters were at a stretch of virtually 3 kilometres and the police gravity deployed for handling the situation was virtually 5,000.
The police said the protest started peacefully but turned violent when the demonstrators moved past the police vallation and the prod became difficult to control.
How many policemen were hurt during the protest?
The gravity used by personnel was "graded" and, equal to police, was "in keeping with the circumstances on the ground.
The police reported that over 240 officers had been injured in the violence and that some 200 protesters sustained injuries as well.
The testimony moreover so-called that anti-social elements and history-sheeters have infiltrated the protest and unsalaried to the situation going out of hand.
The police said they had to deal with the prod and make sure that the protest was not extended to neighboring areas.
What well-nigh pellet guns?
After the protest, there were a number of reports of the use of pellet guns to unravel up the crowd.
The Delhi police and the government have rejected the claims of the pellet gun. Last week, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju moreover denied any undue gravity was used during the protest.
What well-nigh the protest?
The CJP had led a 36-day protest over the NEET paper leak at Jantar Mantar.
Activist Sonam Wangchuk was moreover with protesters and started an indefinite hunger strike.
The vociferation had been withdrawn without talks with the government on July 25 pursuit the resignation of then Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, one of the key demands of CJP.
