9, 2026. Delhi Police have heightened security across Lutyens’ Delhi, deploying extra force and enforcing Section 163 of the BNSS prohibiting unlawful gatherings Security personnel patrol a barricaded stretch near Jantar Mantar ahead of a proposed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), in New Delhi, Friday, Oct.
DGP G S Malik told TOI that police had taken precautionary measures ahead of the protest, but the number of people detained was yet to be ascertained. A senior police officer said those detained included people who had participated in earlier protests over the NEET paper leak controversy and demanded action against then Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan . One of those detained alleged that police were also contacting family members and residents of their neighbourhoods and threatening them to discourage participation in the protest.
Ahmedabad: State police have detained several people preventively ahead of the nationwide protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday, with activists, artists and members of civil society groups and political parties among those detained.