Anna supporters beaten up by Sri Ram Sene activists
The elderly man, Rajkumar, was severely assaulted along with two other persons. Rajkumar was repeatedly punched, dragged on the road before a jeans-clad youth rushed in and kicked him in the face.
"We were demonstrating to lodge our protest against yesterday's attack on Bhushan. We had no intention to fight but these people came and roughed up. They kicked and slapped us," said one Anna's supporters.
Rajkumar's granddaughter was one of the two little girls who had helped Hazare break his 13-day anti-corruption fast at the Ram Lila Maidan in August.
The incident took place outside Gate No 2 of the Patiala Court complext at around 5 pm when Anna supporters were registering their protest against yesterday's assault on Bhushan and objected to sloganeering by Sri Ram Sene activists against Hazare.
On Wednesday Prashant Bhushan was beaten up in his chamber afternoon allegedly for his comments on Kashmir. Prashant Bhushan was speaking to Times Now news channel when the two attackers barged into his office in the New Lawyers Chamber opposite the Supreme Court.
One of the attackers slapped, dragged and punched Bhushan repeatedly. The attacker pinned him down on the floor and kicked on his chest. As the staff and others gathered, one of the two attackers managed to escape while the other was caught and handed over to the police. The attackers entered Prashant Bhushan's office claiming that they had an appointment with him. After the attack, Bhushan said it appeared that the men targeted him for his stand on Jammu and Kashmir.
Delhi Police on Thursday morning arrested the two absconding attackers, Tejinder Singh and Vishnu Gupta.
The two had managed to flee on Wednesday from the chamber of Prashant Bhushan as people gathered after they attacked the lawyer. The third attacker Inder Verma was overpowered and arrested on Wednesday itself after the assault.
In an earlier interview in Varanasi, Prashant had reportedly said that the Kashmiri people should be given 'azadi' if they don't want to live with India. He had also reportedly recommended that withdrawl of Indian army from Kashmir.
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