Hokkolorob: Police and TMC brutality on students and protesters at Jadavpur University

• published: 17 Sep 2014
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There is a mistake in the video...the RAF arrived at 2 AM, not 1 AM. ----- Two correspondents from Eyezine were in the protest and recorded the attack. ------ For the full story: http://www.aneyezine.com/hokkolorob/ #Hokkolorob 2:00am: 5 to 6 RAF vans arrive. Here is a first person account of all that transpired- “ We were at Aurobindo Bhavan, opposite Gate no. 1, singing, when we suddenly see policeman coming towards us. This was around 2am. We got up and started chanting slogans, and fearing an attack, created human barricades(composed of men) to protect the protesters. We saw 5 or 6 RAF cars pull in and park outside Gate No.1. Then the main gate, is is always kept shut, was thrown open and policeman, in khakis, in white uniforms and even civil dressed policeman charged towards us and tried to tear down the human barricade by pulling down the men and beating them up. There were no women police present and we were requesting the police to not harm the women. My friend, Diptokirti Samajdar,who was part of the human barricade was pulled to the ground and beaten repeatedly on the head till he was unconsciousness. They continued beating him even then so I jumped in to protect him and cover his head. The khaki police retreated as they did not want to harm a woman but the civilian dressed cops dragged me away by the legs. I was crying, but they continued to beat me, hit my head and backbone. Two of the protesters jumped in to save me and got beaten severely. The policemen then started hitting the students, both men and women, on their stomachs, heads and chests. Tha authorities were present and could see this happening from the other side of the grill. They offered us no help or first aid and refuse to give us water. The police then picked up the protesters, dragged them to the RAF vans and took them away.” 2:20am: The police begin molesting the female protesters by both policemen and policewomen. They are beaten severely,dragged by the hair,and hit on their chests. The police try to rip the clothing off their bodies. The students are severely injured. 4 students are arrested 3:00am: The police take the arrested students to Lalbazar. They were beaten bloody, the women have been molested. The arrested include Shounak Mukhopadhyay, Debjan Sengupta, Siddharth Gabriel Sinha, Diptokirti Samajdar, Sudhanya Pal, Sourav Ghosh, Arkapratim Biswas. 3:30am: The number of arrested protesters rises to 26. The remaining students take those who are severely injured to KPC for medical treatment, and then form a barricade outside Jadavpur thana. 4:00am: 36 injured and hospitalised with critical wounds, 40 students. The injured are taken to KPC hospital. 4:40am: News of an RAF raid arrives. The protesters block the road. The students form an emergency group to arrange for water and food supplies and necessary first aid. 5:00am: First aid and water is given to the protestors at the blockade. The RAF is yet to arrive. News is recived that one of the protestors, Shibham Ghosh, who was critically injured, is on ventilation. 5:50am: The police inform the protesters that they will be dispersed by force by the RAF if they do not disperse immediately.