Delhi Police have denied permission for the Jantar Mantar protest, citing breach of past undertaking; restrictions in place include internet curbs in parts of Delhi, shutting down of Metro stations, and cancellations of trains bound for the capital.
According to National Media reports, As crowds begin to gather at Delhi’ Jantar Mantar for the Cockroach Janta Party-led (CJP) protest, the Delhi Police, who denied permission for the demonstration have detained founder Abhijeet Dipke and other CJP leaders including Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka as soon as they landed in Delhi. Meanwhile, protesters are being singled out, detained and taken away into buses from in and around the designated protest site in central Delhi.
The protest called by the CJP and other Left organisationson Saturday (October 10, 2026) looks to step up pressure on the demand of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and the rollback of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained in a joint operation by the Delhi and Gurugram police from a residential flat in Gurugram on Saturday morning (October 10, 2026) and taken to an undisclosed location, according to sources in intelligence agencies.
Delhi Police expects around 7,000 protesters to arrive in the national capital, with senior officers directing personnel to exercise maximum restraint and handle the situation professionally, an official said. On the possibility of shifting the protesters to Ramlila Maidan, police clarified that no application seeking permission to hold a demonstration there has been received so far.
Authorities have taken several measures ahead of the protest, including internet curbs in parts of Delhi, the shutting down of markets and Metro stations, and the cancelling dozens of trains bound for the capital. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) directed all States and Union Territories (U.T.s) to coordinate with the Delhi Police and take preventive measures to stop the movement of protesters towards Delhi.
