Watch: CCTV Footage Shows Cops Beating Up Students In Jamia Library, Police Assures Investigation

The Jamia Coordination Committee, comprising students and alumni of the Jamia Millia Islamia, has released a CCTV camera footage in which paramilitary and police personnel can be seen caning students in the library on December 15 last year. The footage shows students sitting in the reading hall of the varsity before the Delhi Police storms in and starts beating students with batons. Reacting to the new clip, Special Commissioner (Crime) Praveer Ranjan said, "We have taken cognizance of the latest video (of December 15) of Jamia Millia Islamia University(library) which has surfaced now, we will investigate it."

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— Jamia Coordination Committee (@Jamia_JCC) February 15, 2020

The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) is a group comprising students and alumni of the varsity. The JCC has also issued a statement on the footage of Delhi Police's brutality.

"The CCTV footage shows the brutal act of police forces and how the state-sponsored terrorists are playing the game of brutality on the students of Jamia who were preparing for their examination inside the Old Reading Hall of Library," the JCC statement reads.

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— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) February 16, 2020

After the video went viral, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to Twitter to condemn cops actions. Priyanka wrote, "See how the Delhi Police is indiscriminately beating students who are studying. A boy is showing the book but the policeman is thrashing him with sticks."

Slamming Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi police, Priyanka Gandhi said that the minister and cops lied that they had not beaten anyone in the library.

"After watching this video, if action is not taken on the violence in Jamia, the intention of the government will be completely exposed to the country," she added.