Spot The Goon. Court Attacker Posted Pics With BJP Leaders On Facebook

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Feb 16, 2016: Though a police complaint has been filed against "unknown persons" for the assault on JNU teachers and journalists at a Delhi court yesterday, one of the main attackers is a face familiar in courts and has been photographed with many BJP leaders.

Vikram Singh Chauhan was at the dead centre of the attack on teachers, students and journalists who were waiting at the court for a JNU student arrested on sedition charges to be produced.

Speaking to NDTV, Mr Chauhan said he did organize a protest against "anti-nationals" but it got out of hand as lawyers were provoked by JNU teachers.

"We asked them to vacate seats for elderly lawyers. They asked me for my I-card. I said you want to divide Kashmir and Kerala, they said they were never a part of India. They started hooting," Mr Chauhan told NDTV, asserting that "the students started the fight."

He claimed that "two lecturers said they will start beating us as they are more in number."

On camera, it is Mr Chauhan who is seen beating people while shouting "anti-nationals go to Pakistan" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai".  He also threatened NDTV’s Sonal Mehrotra, demanding that she hand over her mobile phone, with which she had filmed some of the violence.

In one image, Mr Chauhan, in a black jacket, is seen holding and beating a person believed to be a Left activist.

Presenting a sharp contrast is another set of photographs on Mr Chauhan’s Facebook page, in which he is seen with top BJP leaders including Home Minister Rajnath Singh and veteran LK Advani.

Mr Chauhan has denied any political allegiance but he regularly sends out invitations on WhatsApp to BJP events, in which he urges people to be on time before a leader is to arrive.

He told NDTV that he had sent out a WhatsApp message for the Monday’s protest too.

The violence erupted just before JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested over anti-India slogans shouted at a controversial event in support of terrorist Afzal Guru, was to be brought before a judge.