Delhi Police detained TMC leaders, parliamentarians and other protesters during separate demonstrations in the national capital on Saturday, while heightened security measures led to the closure of 46 Metro stations and the creation of temporary detention facilities across the New Delhi district.
The All India Trinamool Congress alleged that former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and several party MPs were detained during a protest in central Delhi. The party said the leaders were prevented from raising slogans or displaying posters before being taken into police vans. Visuals from the site showed security personnel escorting the leaders into vehicles.
TMC described the action as a “Super Emergency” and alleged that the detained leaders were taken to an undisclosed location. Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam said in a post on X that the group had been driven around Delhi for about one and a half hours without being informed of its destination. These claims were made by the party and the MP; the report did not include an independent account from Delhi Police on the specific detention of the TMC delegation.
The detentions came as around 1,000 people were held across Delhi while attempting to march towards Jantar Mantar for a protest led by the Cockroach Janta Party. The demonstration was reported to be seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Delhi Police sources said preventive detentions continued after demonstrators were informed that permission for the gathering had not been granted.
CJP activist Abhijeet Dipke separately alleged in an Instagram video that police personnel entered an aircraft after it landed at Delhi airport and attempted to detain him and his associates. The report carried his allegation but did not provide an independent confirmation of what occurred inside the aircraft.
The security response affected several parts of the capital’s transport and public-space network. Entry points to Delhi were placed under heightened security, while 46 Metro stations remained closed, according to details cited in the report. The closures created a direct mobility impact for commuters, although the report did not specify the duration of the shutdowns or identify each station.
Delhi Police said the New Delhi district had been divided into 20 operational zones, with dedicated detention centres established for each zone. Police also said stadiums across the national capital had been converted into temporary detention centres. Security personnel remained deployed at several locations as CJP activists continued their call for a protest against the Election Commission of India.
The episode places the administration of protest-related security alongside the functioning of Delhi’s transport system. The supplied report establishes the scale of the police preparations and the Metro closures, but does not provide details of the legal orders governing the station shutdowns, the number of people released, or the criteria used for preventive detention. Further official information is expected to clarify the duration of the restrictions and the status of those detained.
