New Delhi: Delhi Police have registered three First Information Reports following large-scale demonstrations near Jantar Mantar, where student outfits, political leaders, and civil society members gathered to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Two cases were registered at the Parliament Street police station and another at the Connaught Place police station under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which penalises disobedience of orders promulgated by public servants.
While the First Information Reports do not name specific individuals or organisations as formal accused, the documents detail the groups and coordinators involved in staging the demonstration. The agitation arose over disputed aspects of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with demonstrators attempting to march toward the central protest venue before being stopped by security deployments.
Authorities had enforced prohibitory restrictions across the New Delhi district earlier that morning under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, citing public order and traffic management concerns. The regulatory order barred unauthorised assemblies of five or more people, sloganeering, rallies, banners, and weapons. Under Section 223 of the penal code, violations carry penalties ranging from six months of imprisonment, a fine of up to 2,500 rupees, or both, which can escalate to a one-year jail term if public safety is endangered.
Security personnel and paramilitary forces detained close to 1,000 individuals across the area to prevent the crowd from converging. Prominent political figures, including Aam Aadmi Party leaders Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj, and Sanjay Singh, Rashtriya Janata Dal parliamentarian Manoj Jha, and student leadership from the All India Students’ Association, National Students’ Union of India, and Democratic Youth Federation of India, were taken to multiple police facilities across the capital before being released later that day.
