People taken away by police; Delhi won’t be held hostage, says CM Rekha Gupta
Lockdown, crackdown: Individuals on roads bundled into buses, taken away by police; Delhi won't be held hostage, states CM From the afternoon, protesters in groups of 100-150 broke into spontaneous flash protests at a number of places including Dilli Haat,…
Lockdown, crackdown: Individuals on roads bundled into buses, taken away by police; Delhi won't be held hostage, states CM From the afternoon, protesters in groups of 100-150 broke into spontaneous flash protests at a number of places including Dilli Haat, Safdarjung flyover.
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- Written by: Alok Singh, Pragynesh, Sakshi Chand, Nirbhay Thakur, Tabshir Shams, Devansh Mittal, Drishti Jain, Mishal Mussaddique, Sophiya Mathew, Abhimanyu Hazarika.
- 7 min read New Delhi Updated: Oct 11, 2026 04: 34 AM IST.
- Protesters being chased by security personnel at Connaught Place on Saturday.
Protesters being chased by security personnel at Connaught Place on Saturday. (Photo: Praveen Khanna).
For context, an estimated 7, 000 individuals were detained throughout Delhi Saturday as police and Central forces, enforcing a citywide lockdown put in place Friday night, introduced a sweeping crackdown through the day to thwart the Cockroach Janta Party's protest calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Managing to sequester Jantar Mantar, the site for a planned sit-in by the CJP which protested there for days in July over exam paper leaks until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned, police clamped down even before the protests could commence this time, making large-scale detentions, shutting 45 Metro stations until evening, stopping the movement of trains and barricading key roads.
In short, people taken away by police; Delhi won't be held hostage, says CM is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.
