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Video of purported police brutality inside library not released by Jamia: University

Video of purported police brutality inside library not released by Jamia: University

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday clarified that it has not released the new video which is circulating on social media showing some men in paramilitary and police personnel uniform beating up students in the university’s library on December 15.

The 48-second video, which appears to be a The 48-second video, which appears to be a CCTV footage purportedly shows some seven to eight people in paramilitary and police personnel uniform entering the Old Reading Hall a and beating up students with batons. Those in paramilitary a and police uniform have their face covered.

“It has come to our notice that some video with regard to police brutality in Dr Zakir Husain Library of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is in circulation. This is to clarify that the video has not been released by the university,” the institute’s public relations officer Ahmad Azeem said. The video was released by the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), a group comprising JMI students and alumni. The group was formed after the alleged police brutality on on the campus on December 15.

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