Overview
- Hours after nine of the 17 accused in the Parliament Street FIR won bail, eight were arrested again under the Kartavya Path FIR and sent to seven days’ judicial custody.
- A total of 23 people were arrested across two cases registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after the November 23 India Gate demonstration over air pollution turned confrontational.
- Courts this week granted limited police custody for some accused and short judicial custody for others as investigators cited the need to probe slogans, coordination, and funding.
- Delhi Police told courts the protesters used pepper spray, injured officers, raised slogans hailing slain Maoist leader Madvi Hidma, and had online links to the banned Radical Students Union; student groups and lawyers rejected the claims.
- Investigators say many seized phones showed auto‑delete or formatting of data, and all devices have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to retrieve deleted content.