{"id":7522,"date":"2026-07-25T08:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:16:18","slug":"indian-student-who-stood-in-front-of-police-van-says-authorities-tried-to-silence-students-through-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7522","title":{"rendered":"Indian Student Who Stood in Front of Police Van Says Authorities Tried to Silence Students Through Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> An Indian student who drew widespread attention after standing in front of a police van carrying detained students has said she acted out of anger after believing that the police were attempting to silence protesters through the use of force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to international media reports, <strong>Rhea Iyer<\/strong>, the student seen blocking the police vehicle, said she felt compelled to act when she saw fellow students being taken away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The police believed that because they had power, they could silence the students,&#8221;<\/em> Iyer said. <em>&#8220;That is what made me angry.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that her actions were <strong>not pre-planned<\/strong> and were taken spontaneously in the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;What I did was neither carefully thought out nor planned. I believe anyone in my place would have done the same,&#8221;<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media reports stated that when Iyer first stood in front of the police van, <strong>she was alone<\/strong>. However, her actions encouraged other people to gather at the scene, after which a crowd formed and prevented the police vehicle from moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident, captured on video and widely shared on social media, has attracted significant public attention and sparked debate over police handling of student protests in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have not immediately issued a detailed response to Iyer&#8217;s remarks. The circumstances surrounding the arrests and the protest continue to draw public and media scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: An Indian student who drew widespread attention after standing in front of a police van carrying detained students has said she acted out..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438685_7985993_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7524,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7522\/revisions\/7524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}