People Are Livid At This Photo Of A Delhi Cop Allegedly Groping A Female Student At A Protest

On Sunday, hundreds of JNU students protested against the lack of investigation by the Delhi police on the 23-day disappearance of their classmate Najeeb Ahmed.

On November 6, the New Delhi police forcibly dispersed a protest held by JNU students against the disappearance of their classmate Najeeb Ahmed.

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Ahmed has been missing for 23 days, and the police have little or no leads yet. According to reports, the cops detained more than 200 students, as well as other protesters, including Ahmed's mother and sister.

Several images from the protest have gone viral, including this one of the missing boy's mother.

Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1

Missing JNU student's mother detained for protesting!Soldier's son beaten up for meeting opp leaders!Shape of thing… https://t.co/0hLZV6yZEG

12:30 PM - 06 Nov 2016

The photo was taken by The Hindu photographer Sushil Kumar Verma.

And on November 7, another one has sparked outrage on the Indian internet. The photo is of a Delhi cop trying to quell the protest, and allegedly groping a JNU student while doing so.

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Hundreds of people began sharing the screenshot of the photo, which was taken by Times Of India photographer Yogesh Kumar.

Swati Maliwal @SwatiJaiHind

Is this Delhi Police? How can this cop grope a female student. Is he out of his mind! Please immediately suspend hi… https://t.co/75Cq25wGdN

05:06 AM - 07 Nov 2016

People were confused by the fact that female officers weren't at the protest, and were shocked at the Delhi cop's reported behaviour.

Many called for the cop's suspension...

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... And asked what the Delhi police intend to do about this.

Aabshar @Scepticindian

What action @DelhiPolice would take against this cop for molesting girl.

06:07 AM - 07 Nov 2016

As of now, there has been no additional information about the police officer in question, or the student.