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Delhi Police File 20 FIRs After Protests and Mass Detentions Over SIR
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News18•11-10-2026, 11:12
Delhi Police File 20 FIRs After Protests and Mass Detentions Over SIR
- •The Delhi Police registered over 20 FIRs against individuals for attempting to hold protests, obstructing government work, and assaulting police personnel during demonstrations against the Special Intensive Revision exercise.
- •Authorities launched a massive crackdown involving the detention of thousands of protesters, internet shutdowns, and the suspension of metro services in parts of the capital.
- •Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and members Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained upon arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and later released by an Executive Magistrate.
- •High-profile figures, including YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and four former chief ministers, were also among those swept up in the widespread police clampdown.
- •Following the mass detentions, the CJP organization issued a fresh call for protests at Jantar Mantar to demand the rollback of the SIR and the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner.
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The Delhi Police registered over 20 FIRs against individuals for taking the law into their own hands, obstructing government work, and assaulting police personnel during protests over the Special Intensive Revision exercise on October 10, 2026.
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, along with members Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were detained at Indira Gandhi International Airport upon their arrival on Saturday, October 10, 2026, and later released on Sunday by an Executive Magistrate court at Delhi Cantonment.
Following the mass detentions and internet suspensions in parts of the capital, CJP's organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde issued a call for a fresh protest at Jantar Mantar over the Special Intensive Revision issue.
