'Slammed helmet on my head'

Dalit mathematician recounts extreme brutality by UP cops. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Today's top story CAA: UP Police Broke Helmet On My Head, Would Not Stop Beating Me, Says Dalit Activist “Sir, my name is Dr. Pawan Rao Ambedkar. I’m a maths teacher. Sir, I’m not part of the violence,” Pawan Rao Ambedkar, 37, said over and over again as the blows rained down on him on 19 December, the day the Uttar Pradesh Police attacked peaceful protesters in Lucknow. ‌ Ambedkar says he was slipping in and out of consciousness when a woman constable slammed her scooter helmet on his head. He can’t remember how many times she hit him with the helmet, but he remembers it breaking into pieces. He remembers his head swelling up.  ‌ “I was semi-conscious. I felt numb. It was an assault on my body and mind and there was nothing that I could do to stop it,” said Ambedkar in an interview with HuffPost India after he was released on bail on Friday.  Read More In more news... Anti-CAA Protests: The Importance Of Akhil Gogoi, Assam’s Most Confusing And Powerful Activist Read More Post JNU Attack, Amit Shah Keeps Talking About Jailing Students Read More Before you go... Can Single Women In Indian Books Live Happily Ever After? Davinder Singh, Kashmir Cop Arrested With Militants: All You Need To Know Iranians Defy Police, Protest Over Ukranian Plane Shootdown New to this email? You can sign up here. ‌ You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard. ‌ ©2019 HuffPost lndia | Level 3B, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001, India You are recieving this email becuase you signed up for updates from HuffPost India.  ‌ Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe