'Were your men sleeping?' cops asked to explain Patiala House court violence

February 27, 2016 16:30

NDTV reports: Confronted by a team of lawyers sent by the Supreme Court, policemen at Delhi's Patiala House Courts were able to offer little explanation for the violence that unfolded for the second time last week when arrested JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was assaulted while being produced for his hearing.

"How do you allow the attack to take place in court premises? Your men are posted everywhere? So what were they doing? Sleeping?" a policeman can be heard being asked in front of the panel that included senior advocates Rajeev Dhawan, Kapil Sibal, Dushyant Dave and Haren Rawal.

"How can he (the attacker) go away from the court premises? Do your men have instructions not to intervene?" the policemen are asked, drawing squirming responses.

Several policemen, including three Station House Officers or SHOs who are asked to explain the assault on Kumar can be heard saying they were not present when it happened. They also fail to name any policemen who were there.

"The attack didn't happen inside the court, it happened outside," one of the policeman claimed -- instantly challenged by a JNU professor and other witnesses. The police have said that a last-minute change in plans to produce Mr Kumar resulted in confusion leading to the violence.

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