Two students from Kerala claimed that they were attacked by police officers and locals near Red Fort, “forced to speak” in Hindi and ridiculed for wearing lungi (color mund, common clothing in the state).
Aswanth IT and Sudhin K., who studied at the Zakir Husain Delhi College, were reportedly accused of a group of miscreants on Wednesday (September 24, 2025) and accused a duo of theft.
Mr. Sudhin, 18 years old, said Hindu that when the locals accused them of theft, his friend turned to the police constant to ask for help.
“Instead of helping us, he slapped us several times and made us sit on our knees in front of all people. He took my friend’s phone and gave it to the locals.
Mr. Sudhin was included in the police car and taken to the police stand next to the red fortress. They were “tortured” at the stand and said to accept theft accusations and settled the case by paying 20,000 GBP, he said.
“Another police officer, probably (an assistant sub-inspector), began to beat us. He removed our lungi and began to beat us and dig us on the face and private parts of our shoes. We were in Delhi for a month and we didn’t know Hindi very well.” He said that when his friend tried to speak, he probably kicked him and said, “Talk in Hindi,” Sudhin said. “It is still difficult for him to eat food now.” He said that police officers at the stand also made fun of them to wear Lungi.
After their seniors arrived at the stand later, they were released by the police. “We took some painkillers that day and we slept. The following day (Thursday) we went to the hospital and took all the tests and today (Friday) we went to the DCP North office and filed a complaint. We know the names of two police officers and we can identify the rest,” he said.
In response to theft of theft, Mr. Sudhin said, “That was our first time in the Red Fort area. We’ve never been there before.”
CPI (m) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, in a letter to the police commissioner Satish Golch, expressed him shock from “detention brutality” and urged him to “impartial investigation at a high level”.
Hawkers complaint
However, DCP (North) Raja Banthia said Hindu that several Hawker had both students to the police place to solve the payment problem. “Some of them are unfortunate to the post after they allegedly fired them on the market. Hawkers complained that the two people came five to six days ago. They bought clothes and paid 4,000 GBP in cash and showed them an online payment of 10,000 GBP, which was actually made.
He added that Hawkers filed a complaint against a police post. However, this matter was resolved and both sides left the stand. “There was no call of PCR, complaint or any proportion of supervisory officials regarding this incident with these two students. In terms of accusation of the defeat of the Police Areis, nothing has been justified.
In his letter to the police commissioner in Delhi, Mr. Brittas said that instead of the “police officers” agreed instead of the protection of these students. “Students were pulled, beaten by fiber lathis, stomped, undressed and humiliated in the most humiliating way,” he said. Their mobile phones were confiscated, their personal dignity was violated and were forced into false confessions, said Rajya Sabha.
When students who are not fluent in Hindi tried to explain English, they were abused, they were “forced to speak in Hindi”. “Still outrageous,” said Mr. Brittas that “one of the students was aimed and ridiculed by wore his traditional clothing of Kerala, Munda. A simple cultural expression was transformed into reasons for criminalization”.
“Such behavior shows a disturbing combination of cultural prejudices and unconstitutional coercement,” he added. He called on the Police Commissioner in Delhi to conduct an impartial investigation of the incident at a high level and ensure that officers and other responsible “barbaric attack” were identified and brought to court.
Published – 27 September 2025 03:18
