Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:38am on 02 Oct 2026,Friday India
AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj was detained by Delhi Police on October 2 while attending a protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission’s handling of electoral-roll revisions. Several AAP workers and other protesters were also detained. Bharadwaj alleged that police manhandled volunteers at the protest site, while authorities had earlier denied permission for the planned gathering and imposed restrictions on assemblies in New Delhi. Security was tightened around Jantar Mantar, with barricades deployed and several nearby roads and metro stations affected. The protest was part of wider demonstrations concerning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. (PC: X)
