Gonsalves: police itself put the bus on fire to support a false narrative that the students had indulged in arson
'It's only in our country that police can be seen pelting stones and destroying public property', Gonsalves submits
Gonsalves argues that the police themselves destroyed the public property
Gonsalves submits that there's no evidence to suggest that even a single police officer was admitted in a hospital even for a day for alleged injuries incurred by them
Gonsalves argues that there should be in independent probe into this which should completely exclude the police.
'The person at the top of the investigation has to be completely independent', he argues
Gonsalves: as per the police's story, they've complained the mob of pelting stones
'It is not clarified whether these stones were pelted by the students', he argues
Gonsalves: Protest was a political embarrassment for the govt, that's why they didn't want the students to march towards the Parliament
'That's why the police had beaten up the students mercilessly', he argues
Gonsalves: police in their affidavit have not responded to the testimonies of the students
Gonsalves challenges the claim of the police which says that not a single student was ever detained by the police
'As per their chargesheet, shouting slogans is illegal but beating up students involve no criminality', Gonsalves argues