Present at the meeting was noted lawyer Indira Jaising, who said Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi would have to take responsibility for what happened on July 21. “Bassi is a commander of the police force. He can’t shirk his responsibility,” she said.Several of those at the meeting gave detailed descriptions of police brutality that followed the protest against the brutal murder of a teenager at Anand Parbat. One man who had a sling on his left hand said that police personnel dragged AAP activists into the police station and assaulted them in the most brutal manner.“The policemen kept telling us to confess that Kejriwal had paid us money to stage this demonstration,” he said, adding “When we refused, saying we had come on our own accord, the policemen resumed beating up.”
