CJP protest: Police stop students in autorickshaws from reaching Jantar Mantar
Students say they were not being allowed to go to the protest site; police say students are not allowed because ‘Section 144’ (Section 163 of the BNSS) is in effect
Police officers , near Nizamuddin in Delhi, could be seen stopping auto rickshaws driving students to the CJP’s protest site in Jantar Mantar, Delhi, on July 23, 2026. Picture: Screenshot from video by Nikhil M. Babu
Delhi Police on Thursday (July 23, 2026) stopped students in autorickshaws near Nizamuddin in Delhi and got them out of those vehicles to stop them from reaching the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest site in Jantar Mantar, Delhi.
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Students in central Delhi also said that they were stopped at about 5 km from the protest site and were not allowed to go.
“We are only stopping students who are going for the protest as Section 144 (Section 163 of BNSS) is in place. We are making them understand that they could get injured over there,” a police officer at the site said, adding that they were not stopping other vehicles or people in autorickshaws going for other work.
Published - July 23, 2026 03:37 pm IST
Source: The Hindu — Cities
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