A protest occurred at Jantar Mantar where activists opposed alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls (Photo credit: X)
The incident comes as activists and civil society groups gathered at Jantar Mantar on October 2 to protest against the Election Commission and alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. She had stepped in front of the police van during the July 22 protest and, according to TOI, refused to move while demanding the release of detained students. The identity of the woman seen in Friday’s Delhi video and her reason for attempting to stop the police vehicle could not be independently confirmed.
Delhi Police had earlier said permission for the proposed gathering had not been granted and had put up barricades around the Jantar Mantar area. In visuals from the protest, the woman can be seen standing in the path of the police vehicle as it moves through the area. The visual quickly recalled a similar scene from Mumbai in July, when model Rhiya Ahir was photographed standing in front of a Mumbai Police van carrying detained student protesters at a Shivaji Park protest.
NEW DELHI: A woman at Jantar Mantar on Friday was seen attempting to stop a police vehicle carrying detained protesters during the protest against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, in a moment that drew comparisons with Rhiya Ahir’s viral protest visual from Mumbai.