'The only thing on my mind at that time was to save my friend.' Via AJEnglish
"There were no lady cops with them, so we thought police will not beat us or touch us and we can very easily save our male friend," Ladeeda Farzana, a 22-year-old student of Arabic literature, told Al Jazeera.
The men with the batons were forced to stop, and could only manage one final blow at the man's leg, triggering a protest from Farzana. They began to shout"go back, go back; Delhi police, go back" as the policemen continued to surround them.Not too far from where they confronted the policemen, a few vehicles, including buses, were burning. The men left.
"How to rescue a victim during a lynching incident. Real life demo by women students of Jamia," wrote author Natasha Badhwar on Twitter."Brave girls. This is what real families do to protect each other, physically and mentally," wrote another user.
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