JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar was assaulted by lawyers when he was entering a Patiala House court room on Wednesday, witnesses said.
Kanhaiya Kumar was brought to the court facing a sedition charge and was escorted by police personnel. His arrest has triggered a political storm.
On Monday, lawyers had assaulted mediapersons and JNU students inside the Patiala House court complex, located in the heart of Delhi.
Today the act was repeated with several journalists being beaten up by a section of lawyers at the Patiala House Court before JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was to be brought there.
Among the journalists who were assaulted were a Firstpost photographer, a reporter and a journalist from Network 18.
Two groups of lawyers – one opposed to Kanhaiya Kumar and another supporting his legal rights – earlier got into a scuffle in the court.
The lawyers who attacked the journalists – much like what happened two days ago – were noisily protesting against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students who allegedly raised anti-India slogans a week ago.
The journalists alleged that police personnel present in the court refused to come to their aid.
The lawyers who went on the offensive on Wednesday carried Indian flags and shouted slogans like ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘JNU Murdabad’.
They shouted slogans against JNU and demanded its closure, saying the institution was “anti-national”.
On the other hand, a group of lawyers protesting against Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest demanded his immediate release.
On Monday, many journalists including an IANS reporter, were beaten up by the same group of lawyers in the court.
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