Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Volunteer Network Provides Aid to Detained Delhi Protesters
Thousands of people were detained during protests in Delhi.
Volunteers, doctors, lawyers, and others have joined efforts to help them and their families.
One project helps people get home after they are released.
Another brings first aid to injured protesters.
A mental health initiative aims to connect people with therapists.
Volunteers are also organizing legal help and sharing information about where detainees are.
The group says more than 130 people are involved.
Its work has expanded across the Delhi-NCR region because detainees were taken to different places.
The protests called for the Chief Election Commissioner to resign over alleged election-related irregularities.
More than 7,000 protesters were detained at multiple locations across Delhi during two days of CJP agitation.
A volunteer initiative says more than 130 people are working to coordinate support for protesters and their families.
The network includes transport home for released detainees, first aid through IRFAN, and mental health support through PAUSE.
Organisers are setting up legal aid and information networks, as well as a team to gather updates from the ground.
The support effort has spread across Delhi-NCR as detainees were moved to different locations, including stadiums and hospitals.
- Who
- Detained CJP protesters and their families, supported by volunteers, doctors, lawyers, and social media users.
- What
- A volunteer network is coordinating medical, legal, transport, information, and mental health assistance.
- When
- During and after two days of CJP agitation; the article refers to events on Saturday and October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Delhi and the wider Delhi-NCR region.
- Why
- To support protesters detained during the agitation and their families; the protests demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged election-related irregularities.
- Protest detentions
- More than 7,000 protesters were detained at multiple locations, according to the article.
- Volunteer network
- A volunteer said more than 130 people were working on the initiative.
- Transport initiative
- Detainee Ghar Wapsi Yojana is intended to arrange transport and supplies for people released from custody.
- First-aid initiative
- IRFAN stands for Immediate Response First Aid Network.
- Mental health initiative
- PAUSE stands for People Are Under Systemic Exhaustion and aims to connect people with therapists.
- Security deployment
- More than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel were deployed across Delhi.
- Protest demand
- The CJP and opposition parties demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.