Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas ‘brutally attacked by Delhi Police’, left injured on roadside, alleges CPM

A video showed visibly distressed John Brittas lying near a Delhi Police bus with another person, in plain clothes, trying to help him up.  

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The CPIM on Sunday alleged that Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas was brutally attacked by the Delhi Police and was later dropped by the roadside, ‘visibly injured and in distress.’

“Delhi Police has crossed all limits,” the CPM said in a post on X as it shared a video of Brittas sitting near a Delhi Police bus with another person helping him to walk as he struggled to get up. A Delhi Police cop is also seen helping Brittas to walk upto an autorickshaw. Track live updates on Delhi protest

It is yet not clear where and how Brittas was injured. However, he was among the scores of leaders who were detained in Delhi on Saturday.

Notably, the detained leaders also included four former chief ministers amid the protest against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also alleged its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, a two-time Delhi chief minister, was manhandled on Saturday as he was being detained during the anti-CEC protest. Kejriwal was reportedly taken to the Jafarpur Kalan police station where he was kept under detention for nearly six hours.

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