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Students Detained En Route to Delhi Election Chief Protest
A group of students was travelling by train from Pune to Delhi.
They wanted to join a protest asking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Student leader Shravani Bua said police stopped the group at stations and took the students off the train at Itarsi.
She said all 14 were kept at a resort.
Other students and activists said police called or visited them and warned them not to travel.
A notice to one person referred to a law that allows police to act to prevent an offence.
A spokesperson for the protest group was also detained in Rajasthan and was later said to be under house arrest.
His lawyer alleged he had been assaulted, while the local police chief called claims of a head injury false.
Fourteen students travelling from Pune to Delhi for an October 10 protest were intercepted during their train journey, student leader Shravani Bua told Scroll.
Bua alleged Madhya Pradesh police removed the group from the Goa Express at Itarsi and held them at a resort.
Students and activists in Maharashtra said police contacted them or visited their homes, warning some against travelling to Delhi.
A notice given to mechanic Prathmesh Randive cited Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
Cockroach Janata Party spokesperson Deepak Baliyan was detained and later allegedly placed under house arrest in Rajasthan; Alwar’s police chief disputed claims of a head injury.
- Who
- Fourteen students, including student leader Shravani Bua, and other student activists; Cockroach Janata Party spokesperson Deepak Baliyan was also detained.
- What
- Students travelling to a Delhi protest were intercepted and detained, while other activists reported police calls and home visits.
- Where
- The students were intercepted at Bhusawal in Maharashtra and Itarsi in Madhya Pradesh; Baliyan was detained in Rajasthan’s Alwar district.
- When
- The train journey and reported detentions took place around October 8, ahead of a protest planned for October 10; the year is stated in the article’s social media post as 2026.
- Why
- The students were travelling to protest and demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation; police actions were described by the article as preventive.
Protesters and lawyers
Police response
Removal and detention of students
Protesters and lawyers
Bua alleged Madhya Pradesh police manhandled and dragged the students from the train and held them at a resort.
Police response
The article reports no response from the Madhya Pradesh police or resort authorities on the students’ detention.
Baliyan’s alleged assault
Protesters and lawyers
Baliyan’s party colleague alleged he and his brother were brutally assaulted; his lawyer said Baliyan was illegally held at home.
Police response
Alwar Superintendent of Police Sudheer Choudhary called claims of a head injury a false narrative and did not answer whether Baliyan was under house arrest.
Key facts
- Students on train
- 14, including Shravani Bua
- Train
- Goa Express
- Planned protest
- October 10 in Delhi
- Protest demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Itarsi detention site
- Park Club and Resort, according to Bua
- Notice cited
- Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Baliyan detention
- His lawyer said he was picked up Friday night, released around 3 am, and then placed under house arrest.
Quotes
Prathmesh Randive
Mechanic in Thane who said police visited his home.
“I was out. My mother was at home. They gave her a notice and warned that if I go to Delhi I may get arrested.”
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“We are demanding that the police withdraw immediately and allow him to move freely.”
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Sources
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