Overview
- Monday’s march by the Cockroach Janata Party toward Parliament turned violent at Jantar Mantar and Connaught Place with reports of lathicharges, tear gas, stone-pelting, damaged police vehicles and attempts to breach barricades.
- Delhi Police say roughly 115–120 officers were injured, including DCP Anand Kumar Mishra who reported a hand injury, and more than 70 protesters were detained during the response to the clashes.
- Police have registered five FIRs so far under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Arms Act and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and one FIR relates to an alleged illegal drone flight.
- An SIT is examining over 250 pieces of digital footage including CCTV, drone, bodycam and mobile clips as viral videos showing a protester using pepper spray and scenes of baton use fuel competing accounts of provocation and force.
- Protesters returned to Jantar Mantar the next day to demand accountability over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak while the video-driven probe and potential further charges keep pressure on police and political leaders.