Delhi Lockdown: Kakra Janta Party Leaders Detained, Metro Shut, Protests Barred

A massive security clampdown was enforced across central Delhi following a protest call by the Kakra Janta Party. Leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurabh Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by the Delhi Police directly from an aircraft upon arriving in the national capital and shifted to an undisclosed location as a precautionary measure. Unprecedented restrictions gripped parts of the city, with metro stations shut, trains originating or terminating at New Delhi railway station cancelled, and internet services suspended within a six-kilometre radius. Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita was imposed, barricading access to Jantar Mantar and Connaught Place. Smaller gatherings emerged near Hanuman Mandir, Minto Bridge, and outside the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, where members of the CPIM, AISF, and elderly citizens protesting the loss of their voting rights clashed briefly with police personnel before being removed in detention buses.