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Police detain 700+ protesters, journalists in Delhi crackdown

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Police Detain Protesters

Police detained more than 700 protesters and journalists in New Delhi during a voting-rights crackdown.
Authorities cancelled trains, closed metro stations and shut down internet within a four-kilometre radius.
Detainees said officers forced them onto buses, kicked, dragged and beat them.
About 40 journalists were arrested, equipment seized, and some beaten.

Summary

Delhi Court Releases CJP

Delhi court ordered release of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and two senior leaders, mandating peace.
Election Commission denied partisan bias in voter-list revisions and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol.
Two CEC deputies raised internal concerns about the revisions, Indian Express reported.
Over 130 million names were removed, including 28 million deceased, 63 million relocated and 30 million untraceable.
Earlier sit-in at Jantar Mantar forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign over exam-paper leaks.

History

Historical Context

During the 1975 Indian Emergency, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered a nationwide suspension of civil liberties, leading to mass arrests and press censorship. Within weeks, Delhi Police detained over 100,000 opposition activists, while The Times of India reported a 70 % drop in newspaper circulation. Today's crackdown on Delhi voters’ list revisions and the arrest of more than 700 protesters echoes that Emergency-era suppression of dissent and media. The 1975 precedent warns that unchecked executive power can erode democratic institutions, prompting the Supreme Court of India and civil society to demand safeguards against future rollbacks.

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Police Detain Protesters

Police detained more than 700 protesters and journalists in New Delhi during a voting-rights crackdown.
Authorities cancelled trains, closed metro stations and shut down internet within a four-kilometre radius.
Detainees said officers forced them onto buses, kicked, dragged and beat them.
About 40 journalists were arrested, equipment seized, and some beaten.

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