A woman protester bit the thumb of IPS officer as he pushed back agitators who were trying to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi on Thursday, police sources said.
The protesters had gathered after JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh called for a march to the President's House to demand the removal of the University's Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar.
The woman bit the senior police officer as he tried to control a crowd of protesters
Ingit Pratap Singh, a 2011 batch officer, who is currently posted as the additional deputy commissioner of the southwest district, was injured in the attack.
According to sources, Mr Singh was trying to pull a male protester when the woman, in an attempt to shield her friend, bit the officer's left thumb.
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