Two first-year students from Kerala, studying at Delhi University’s Zakir Husain Delhi College, were allegedly accused of theft and beaten up near Red Fort last week, with some police officers also purportedly involved.

Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has written to Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha demanding a probe into what he called “an inhuman attack, custodial assault and cultural humiliation” of the two. Police said an inquiry has been ordered into their allegations.

In his letter, Brittas said the students – identified as Aswanth I T and Sudhin K – were accosted by a group of miscreants on September 24 and falsely accused of theft. “Instead of extending protection, the policemen colluded with the mob… the students were dragged, beaten with fibre lathis, stomped upon, strippe

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