Overview
- Patiala House Court ordered three days of police custody for six accused, following earlier remands that sent most of the roughly two dozen detainees to short judicial custody and one to a safe house pending age verification.
- Delhi Police added BNS Section 197 to an FIR after alleging pro‑Maoist slogans and posters praising slain commander Madvi Hidma during the demonstration.
- Officers told the court that protesters used chilli/pepper spray, submitted videos as evidence, reported multiple injuries with personnel treated at RML Hospital, and said three spray cans were recovered.
- Investigators have seized more than twenty phones for forensic analysis and are examining WhatsApp groups created days before the protest to assess coordination and possible funding or external influence.
- Defense lawyers alleged custodial mistreatment and argued the event was a peaceful clean‑air protest, while JNUSU publicly denied organizing or participating as named in an FIR.