Delhi Assembly: Protester thrashed by MLAs hospitalised

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 28 2017 | 8:57 PM IST
One of the two men, who were thrashed allegedly by a few AAP MLAs after they had staged a protest inside the Delhi Assembly today, was admitted to a hospital here.
Jagdeep Rana, a disgruntled AAP volunteer, had fought the 2013 Assembly elections in the national capital.
After the assault incident, he was rushed to the city government-run Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital from the Assembly premises.
"He was brought here at around 3:30 pm. He is currently in trauma centre to undergo medical tests to find if any internal injury has occurred," an official at the hospital said.
Rana and Rajan Kumar hurled pamphlets inside the Delhi Assembly while a session of the House was underway, leading to a scuffle.
The two men, wearing headgear were sitting in the Visitors' Gallery when suddenly they threw off the pamphlets inside the House and raised 'Inquilab Zindabad' slogans.
In the pamphlets, the duo have claimed that took the step as they were unhappy with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party and the alleged "corruption cases" against Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain.
The protest drew the ire of the AAP lawmakers, and as the two men were being taken away by security personnel, some of the AAP MLAs jumped on to them and allegedly thrashed them while they were outside the House.
The police personnel present in the Legislative Assembly premises then sought to bring the scuffle to an end, which lasted for nearly 30 minutes.
The House was briefly adjourned after the incident and the proceedings were later resumed.
Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel later ordered one- month jail for the two protesters.

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First Published: Jun 28 2017 | 8:57 PM IST

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