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Delhi Police Arrest CJP Activists For Trespassing At Jantar Mantar
- •Delhi Police arrested Cockroach Janata Party activists Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde for allegedly trespassing at Jantar Mantar.
- •The arrests occurred a day after authorities de-notified Jantar Mantar as a designated protest location.
- •CJP representative Ratna Singh claimed the activists were denied access to legal counsel for nearly 24 hours.
- •Singh accused Delhi Police of acting arbitrarily and targeting peaceful protesters while allowing criminals to roam freely.
- •The activists are set to be produced before the court, with potential judicial custody in Tihar Jail.
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Delhi Police arrested CJP activists including Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde for allegedly trespassing at Jantar Mantar. The arrests occurred a day after authorities de-notified the site as a designated protest location amid ongoing agitations against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise.
Ratna Singh accused Delhi Police of acting arbitrarily under orders from higher authorities, stating that detained activists were denied access to lawyers for nearly 24 hours and were not initially informed of the grounds for their detention. She also alleged that peaceful protesters were treated harshly while criminals roamed freely.
According to CJP's Ratna Singh, the detained activists were initially expected to be produced before the SCM Court or the SEM at Mandir Marg Police Station. Officials also noted a possibility of judicial custody in Tihar Jail.
