We got in touch with Saroha to find out what really happened and were told that the SHO and other policemen beat him up with lathis without any provocation. “I reached Trilokpuri at about 11:30 am to report on the riots and was stopped by a bunch of policemen at Block 11,” he says.



According to Saroha, the policemen told him that he could not advance since the area was under curfew. “I parked my bike next to them and showed my press card. I was about to leave when another bunch of policemen in a jeep approached us. The SHO sitting in the jeep asked the other men about me and one of them misinformed him that I was trying to enter through the barricade by force. Without hearing me out, they got off the jeep and started beating me with lathis. This continued for almost 10 minutes,” he said.