Amid protests across the country, the government passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the parliament last week. Clearly disappointed in the centre’s decision, students across the country have taken to streets carrying out anti-CAB protests, urging the people of India to join them in their fight to save the democracy.
But what happens when the state machinery tries to suppress dissent quite violently and brutally? Where does this take our democracy? Here are 10 powerful images that capture the police brutality against the students in Jamia:
1. Police firing tear gas shells at protesting students
2. It all started when the police broke into Jamia Campus
3. Is peaceful protest a crime in India?
4. Police firing at unarmed students
5. Is this what a democracy looks like?
6. The police action is a grave violation of the human rights
7. The police forced some students to walk through campus with their arms raised
8. Are the so-called protectors safeguarding the civilians?
9. Achhe din?
10. Several students ended up in the hospital due to serious injuries
Are the so-called protectors safeguarding the civilians, upholding our nation’s constitutional values like they are supposed to? Decide for yourself.