"I couldn't believe my eyes. An assault was unfolding right inside the courtroom, which later spread outside.

"A group of lawyers went berserk, attacking students, teachers and journalists. The lawyers slapped, punched and abused their victims, raining blows on their heads with shoes. For over an hour, Delhi police constables stood by - most passive, some smiling. I was in the courtroom of the metropolitan magistrate Lovleen, waiting for the police to produce JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on the charge of sedition."


Basant Kumar Mohanty of The Telegraph recounts how teachers and journalists were assaulted inside the courtroom and outside in the Patiala House Courts complex on Monday. Read the chilling report.