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Delhi Police Detains Nearly 1,000 Protesters at Jantar Mantar
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News18•03-10-2026, 00:45
Delhi Police Detains Nearly 1,000 Protesters at Jantar Mantar
- •Delhi Police detained nearly 1,000 individuals, including political leaders and activists, during a protest near Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- •Protesters demanded Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in electoral roll revisions and mass deletion of voters.
- •No permission was granted for the protest, leading to prohibitory orders and the deployment of around 5,000 police and paramilitary personnel in the New Delhi district.
- •Prominent detainees included AAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi, and Sanjay Singh, along with civil society activist Yogendra Yadav and several MPs.
- •Security measures included barricades, drone surveillance, and temporary suspension of internet services and metro station access, with many detainees later released.
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Protesters gathered to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and the mass deletion of voters.
Delhi Police detained nearly 1,000 people, including various political leaders, activists, and student organization members, who gathered without permission and in violation of imposed prohibitory orders.
Authorities deployed around 5,000 police and paramilitary personnel, imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, suspended internet services, closed several nearby metro stations, and set up barricades with traffic diversions.
