Overview
- Police denied the Cockroach Janta Party permission to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar after the organisers filed late, and they deployed a large security force to stop any unauthorised gathering.
- The security sweep expanded Friday night with about 25,000 police and paramilitary personnel, tightened checks at city borders, hotels and stations, and designated detention centres to hold those taken into custody.
- Mobile internet was suspended inside a four-kilometre radius of Jantar Mantar from 10 pm on October 9 to 10 pm on October 10 and entry and exit gates were closed at dozens of Delhi Metro stations, disrupting commutes and prompting multiple train cancellations.
- Delhi Police’s Crime Branch registered a fresh FIR on Thursday to probe a alleged ‘larger conspiracy’ in the July 20 clashes, and officers say facial‑recognition results flagged 2,873 people though they acknowledge accuracy limits of the system.
- The protest, calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the Special Intensive Revision and Form 6 changes to electoral rolls, has sharpened a larger fight over voting rules and free assembly ahead of state polls in early 2027.