I was beaten, dragged, arrested: Yogendra Yadav

August 11, 2015 09:41

Activist Yogendra Yadav, who spent the night in police custody after being detained late last night from a farmer protest, was dragged by policemen on Tuesday morning as he tried to speak to the media.

Yadav had barely started speaking when he had his supporters were pushed away by personnel at the Parliament Street police station, where he was kept all night.

Yadav had been detained by the police along with 96 Swaraj Abhiyan members during a protest at Jantar Mantar while marching towards Race Course Road.

Yadav was holding a Hal Satyagraha at Jantar Mantar for the plight of the farmers when the police allegedly manhandled the group and took them in.

"Is standing peacefully with a Hal an offence? We were not obstructing traffic, were willing to cooperate with any reasonable condition. Why this brutal assault then? I have been beaten up, manhandled, dragged, pushed and arrested at the parliament street police station. What's the crime, I wonder," said the former AAP-leader in a series of Tweets.

Scores of farmers from across the country had planned to place an installation in front of the Prime Minister's residence in the Capital as a symbol of protest against the Delhi Race Course, which they want to be converted into a farmers' memorial. The protesters, however, were prevented by police from marching any further than Jantar Mantar.

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