Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) legal head Ratna Singh and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee have reportedly been detained amid a pre-emptive crackdown by authorities ahead of the party’s planned protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police detained around 500 people who arrived in the national capital in separate groups from different locations ahead of the planned protest on Saturday. Nearly 50 others with criminal antecedents were also apprehended as part of preventive measures, officials said.
Security personnel have been deployed at multiple locations as Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists remain determined to go ahead with their protest against the Election Commission. Unlike the arrangements made during the INDIA bloc protest, police teams have been authorised to carry lathis and batons. Personnel have also been instructed to avoid verbal confrontations with demonstrators amid concerns over videos being recorded and circulated to portray police conduct in a negative light. Those detained are to be taken to six designated centres: Chhatrasal Stadium, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Yamuna Sports Complex, Surajmal Stadium, the Community Centre in Daulatpur and the Community Centre in Pandrawal.
Entry points to the national capital have also been placed under heightened security, while 48 Metro stations remain closed, according to the details provided.
