New Delhi, Oct 10: Delhi Police on Saturday chased Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters attempting to reach Jantar Mantar, detaining several as they regrouped and tried to evade the security cordon.
Abhijit Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka, the leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), were detained at Delhi airport as they landed.
The protest was scheduled to begin at 10.30 am, but the police and paramilitary forces deterred the participants from reaching the Jantar Mantar site, which has been turned into a fortress, by detaining several and sending back many more.
The police top brass monitored the situation and supervised the deployment made across the New Delhi area which has been divided into 20 sectors.
As protesters, many of them women, attempted to regroup at different locations, police chased them down and detained them in buses.
A few agitators entered a gurdwara in the area amid the police action.
The police maintained a strict vigil across the district, with personnel deployed at key intersections and approach roads to prevent any gathering near Jantar Mantar.
The police earlier denied permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar and imposed prohibitory orders in the zone.
Security forces carried out a flag march in the area and appealed to people to abide by the orders in force.
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