Four DU students thrashed by bouncers in Mukherjee Nagar

NEW DELHI: Four Delhi University students were allegedly beaten up by bouncers at a cafe over music in Northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area. Police have registered a case in this regard.

The injured were identified as, Samar, Mukul, Abhigyaann and Mayank, all hail from Purvanchal area. According to police, they have gone to a cafe in Hudson Lane to celebrate the birthday party. During the celebration, a scuffle broke out between the victims and bouncers of the cafe for raising the music, following which the accused started beating them, a senior police officer said, adding that the victims sustained minor injuries and were discharged after treatment.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Vijayanta Arya said that they have registered a case and investigation is going on. "We have identified the attackers in the case. They will be arrested soon," said DCP Arya. As soon as the police were informed about the incident they reached the spot and started their investigation. Several persons were questioned in this regard to get a further clue. The staff also scanned the CCTV footages of the spot to check the sequence of event. On the complaint of Samar, a case under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) registered at Mukherjee Nagar police stations.

The owner of the cafe did not do the verification of his employees, including the bouncers, following which a case has been registered against him also, police added. Later a protest also held in Mukherjee Nagar area. "Traffic at the Kingsway Camp Chowk was disrupted due to student sit-in demonstration," tweeted Delhi Traffic Police. The city police also deployed adequate staff in the area.

Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, launched the ‘School Road Safety Awareness Campaign for Academic year 2019-20’ on Thursday at the NDMC Convention Centre, Connaught Place, New Delhi. The idea behind this whole endeavour is to involve schools in efforts to sensitize people about road safety through lectures, interactive sessions, movies, etc