A day after students and journalists were assaulted by policemen outside the Maurice Nagar police station on Wednesday, Delhi Police has suspended three cops.

In addition, an FIR has been registered on the clashes between Ramjas College students, supported by members of left outfits, and activists of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), with the probe to be handled by the Crime Branch.

Dependra Pathak, Delhi Police spokesperson, said that head constables Raghunath and Ashok Tyagi and constable Sachin were placed under suspension after being identified attacking the protesters in a mobile phone video clip and through eyewitness accounts.