Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Police amend FIR after MPs join CJP protest at station
The Cockroach Janta Party held a protest outside a police station in New Delhi.
The protest concerned the alleged beating of a 14-year-old student’s father.
The group said the police case should include stronger charges.
They also wanted a law protecting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to be used.
Two MPs and a Congress leader joined the protesters.
Police later confirmed that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act had been added to the FIR.
The teenage girl also complained that she had been threatened with rape.
Police registered another case under the law protecting children from sexual offences.
CJP protested outside Parliament Street police station over an alleged July 23 assault.
The group demanded attempt-to-murder and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act provisions in the FIR.
MPs Chandra Shekhar Azad and Pappu Yadav joined the protesters at the station.
Police confirmed that provisions under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act were added.
Police later registered a POCSO case following the teenage girl’s complaint of rape threats.
- Who
- The Cockroach Janta Party, the student and her father, Congress leader Akshay Lakra, MPs Chandra Shekhar Azad and Rajesh Ranjan, and Delhi Police were involved.
- What
- Protesters demanded changes to an FIR concerning an alleged assault and later learned that additional legal provisions had been added.
- When
- The protest took place on Friday; the alleged assault occurred on July 23.
- Where
- Outside and inside Parliament Street police station in New Delhi; the alleged assault occurred at Jantar Mantar.
- Why
- The CJP sought stronger charges against Swatantra Bhardwaj and action over alleged threats against the teenage protester.
- Protest group
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Police station
- Parliament Street police station, New Delhi
- Alleged assault date
- July 23
- Initial demand
- Add attempt-to-murder and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act provisions to the FIR
- FIR update
- Police confirmed that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act had been added
- Additional case
- A POCSO Act case was registered after the teenage girl alleged rape threats
- MPs who joined
- Chandra Shekhar Azad and Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav