Overview
- Police added Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 197 to the Kartavya Path FIR, citing imputations prejudicial to national integration after reports of pro-Hidma slogans.
- Two FIRs were registered at Kartavya Path and Sansad Marg police stations, with six men named in the first case and 17 in the second.
- Patiala House Court remanded 17 accused to three-day judicial custody and five to two days, while one detainee was placed in a safe house pending age verification.
- Delhi Police say protesters used chilli/pepper spray and injured officers during efforts to clear a road blockade, with personnel treated at RML Hospital.
- Defence lawyers denied the pepper-spray claim, alleged custodial manhandling and torture, and the court examined injury marks and asked for preservation of CCTV and submission of video footage.