CPM’s John Brittas recounts detention; Salman Khurshid defends Congress’s SIR stir
India Today ·
CPI(M) MP John Brittas has accused Delhi Police and CRPF personnel of assaulting and detaining him during protests in Connaught Circus. He said he was forcibly taken into a police vehicle while speaking to the media and was released after a senior officer intervened. Meanwhile, Congress leader Salman Khurshid told India Today that the party would pursue its campaign against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) on multiple fronts. He said recent revelations warranted judicial scrutiny and defended Rahul Gandhi’s remarks about the Chief Election Commissioner.