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What happens after Delhi Police detains you? I saw it first hand

Delhi Police is beating protesters after detaining them.

I saw this firsthand while sitting inside the blue, mesh-windowed van the police usually uses to ferry prisoners and undertrials between prisons and courts.

Detained on Sunday evening, I saw three policemen pummel almost everyone who boarded after me: two stood at the van’s door at the back, and the third inside the corridor, which opened into mesh-covered, cage-like enclosures. Once each citizen entered the corridor, they were hit in the abdomen, elbowed hard in the back, kicked and worse. One youngster was pushed to the floor and…

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