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Delhi Police Plan 37 Blockades for October 10 CJP Protest
Delhi Police are preparing for a protest planned for October 10 at Jantar Mantar.
They say they will not give permission for protests there that day.
Police plan to stop people travelling to the protest while they are still in their own districts.
Each of Delhi’s 15 districts is to have a special detention centre.
In the New Delhi district, police have mapped out 37 places where officers can block or manage movement.
Each place will be assigned to a particular district or police unit.
Officers are also checking hotels and guest houses and asking them to alert local police about suspicious visitors.
Police say the plan is meant to keep order and addresses mistakes they believe were made during the previous protest.
Delhi Police will refuse all requests to hold protests at Jantar Mantar on October 10.
Police plan to stop protesters within their own districts and set up detention centres in all 15 districts.
The New Delhi district will have 37 designated blocking points, each assigned to a specific district or unit.
Officers and personnel are to report to designated assembly points at 11 a.m. for briefing and deployment.
Police say the measures respond to problems during the previous CJP agitation, including underestimating turnout and overlapping deployments.
- Who
- Delhi Police and organisations, including CJP, expected to take part in the protest.
- What
- Police have planned a major deployment, including refusing protest permissions, district-level stops and detention centres, and 37 blocking points.
- Where
- Jantar Mantar and other parts of New Delhi district, with preparations across Delhi’s 15 districts.
- When
- The protest is called for October 10; police personnel are to report at 11 a.m.
- Why
- Police say the plan is intended to maintain law and order and address problems during the previous CJP agitation.
Key facts
- Protest date
- October 10
- Main protest location
- Jantar Mantar
- Blocking points
- 37 across the New Delhi district
- Districts
- 15, each directed to establish a special detention centre
- Assembly and briefing
- 11 a.m. at designated points
- Police commissioner
- Anurag Kumar convened a senior-officers meeting at police headquarters
- Stated lessons from previous agitation
- Police say they underestimated the number of protesters and deployed different units and districts at the same location
Quotes
A senior Delhi Police officer
A senior officer involved in the police plan for the protest.
“It was first decided to not grant any permission for anyone to hold any kind of dharna or protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10. All district heads were directed to set up special detention centres in their districts and to stop all protestors within their own districts only.”
indianexpress.com
“We made two mistakes last time. First, we failed to assess the number of protestors, and second, we deployed different units and districts at the same place. This time, we have decided to assign one specific point to one unit or district.”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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