Court violence: Lawyer Vikram Chauhan claims innocence, says I am not a goon'

New Delhi: Vikram Singh Chauhan, who was the face of two brazen assaults on journalists and JNU students and teachers at a court complex here last week, appeared before police on Wednesday.

Chauhan was caught on camera leading a group of lawyers in mounting the assaults on two occasions -- February 15 and 17 -- at the Patiala House court complex, triggering widespread outrage and condemnation.

On Monday, a news channel had aired a sting operation in which the lawyer was seen boasting about beating JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, charged with sedition, when he was brought to the court on February 17.

Police had issued multiple summons to Chauhan and some of his colleagues.

Yashpal Singh, one of Chauhan's colleagues who was also caught on camera thrashing journalists and JNU teachers and students, was arrested last night and was released on bail.

Asserting that there was no pressure on him whatsoever, Vikram Chauhan, said that he was innocent and had acted as a true Indian.

"There is absolutely no pressure on me. I am common man and I do not represent anyone. The media is trying to portray me as a goon. I am an Indian and if praising Mother India and saying 'Vande Matram' makes me a goon then so be it. Yes there are allegations against me but I'm sure I will be vindicated," Chauhan said.

He added that the tape where he is seen thrashing students was completely 'fabricated' and stated that he believed in the law and order to vindicate him.

"There are footages going around which are fabricated. When my video showed up, they believed it without blinking an eye. I have full faith in the law and order or else I would not have showed up here," Chauhan said outside the Tilak Marg Police Station here where he appeared.

Reiterating that he was innocent, he added that unlike the 'accused' in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) case, he had not spoken anything against the nation.