Overview
- Police mounted a major security operation on Saturday that sealed central Delhi with tens of thousands of officers, closed metro stations, cancelled trains and cut mobile internet around Jantar Mantar to prevent a mass CJP march.
- Authorities detained large numbers of people across the city and intercepted movement leaders as they arrived, with official tallies reporting about 1,000 arrests and organizers claiming far higher figures.
- CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other principal leaders were held after being stopped on arrival and were released on Sunday under court conditions that bar actions said to alter public order.
- Police used expanded digital and biometric tools — including a mobile 360º camera vehicle called Ikshana and AI-assisted facial recognition — practices now under dispute after investigative reports found clear mismatches in past identifications.
- The crackdown has drawn urgent calls from the UN and press groups for releases and scrutiny, and it has pushed the Supreme Court to examine the legal basis for preventive detentions, closures and expanded surveillance while the country debates a review that removed roughly 130 million voter names.