New Delhi, July 21 -- Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday raised questions over the police's account of the violence during the CJP protest in the national capital, alleging discrepancies in the official narrative and demanding an explanation for the presence of stones and a damaged van at the protest site.

Addressing reporters, Sibal said students protesting against the paper leak issue were unarmed and had gathered peacefully, making the police's version of events questionable.

"You all know how our children were treated yesterday. They are victims of paper leaks as well as lathis. In their hands, there was neither a stone nor a lathi, but a feeling and a hope," Sibal said.

"What the police did against that feeling and hope makes i...