‘No place to breathe’: AISA’s Neha Bora detained again, alleges police brutality
AISA president Neha Bora was detained during protests in New Delhi against Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. She and other activists have alleged police brutality and inhumane conditions inside detention buses.
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Highlights ongoing tensions regarding civil liberties, protest rights, and police conduct during political demonstrations in India.
NEW DELHI: AISA president Neha Bora was detained again on Sunday during protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and alleged that Delhi Police were using detention buses with separate cells to hold demonstrators in cramped conditions.In a video shared on social media, Bora claimed that the buses had four “cells” and alleged that there was barely any room to breathe inside them. She also accused police personnel of abusing and kicking male protesters.“This is the bus. The bus has 4 ‘cells’, There is no place to breath,” Bora said, alleging that the detention facilities were being used like jails. “Are detention buses being turned into jail? CRPF is waging war against common people of the country.
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