Delhi Police will retain a heightened security deployment across the Capital on Sunday after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called for another protest at Jantar Mantar, with around 30,000 personnel and 200 companies of paramilitary forces expected to remain on duty following Saturday’s demonstrations and mass detentions.
The CJP has asked supporters to assemble at Jantar Mantar at 10 am and march towards the protest venue. Barricades will remain in place at Parliament Street and Jantar Mantar, while police will monitor sensitive locations across South, Central and New Delhi districts, including INA, Raj Ghat and the Red Fort.
Ajinkya Shinde, the CJP’s national organisation in-charge, announced the mobilisation in a post on X. He alleged that party leaders, student leaders and volunteers had been detained during Saturday’s protest and said the organisation would continue demonstrating until Gyanesh Kumar resigns. The allegations and the party’s claims about the detentions could not be independently verified from the material available in the report.
According to a CJP statement cited by The Indian Express, more than 15,000 people, including students, civil society members and political leaders, had faced detention and police action. The Delhi Police deployment follows demonstrations at several locations on Saturday, including INA and Connaught Place, as protesters attempted to move towards central Delhi.
A Delhi Police officer said the deployment on Sunday would remain at the same level as on Saturday. The officer said measures involving metro and train services could be taken depending on the situation. Police are also anticipating possible movement towards Jantar Mantar, Connaught Place and other parts of Central Delhi, making crowd control and access to major public areas a key operational concern for the city.
Several student and activist groups were still awaiting the release of detainees on Saturday night. Leaders of the All India Students’ Association and Students’ Federation of India said they had not yet decided their next course of action, while the CJP-SFI-AISF alliance said it would issue a call for a protest in the coming days.
N Sai Balaji, an AISA activist and former JNUSU president, alleged that some organisation workers had been beaten in detention. Madhurima Kundu, another AISA activist, said the immediate priority was securing their release. Activists and party workers were also circulating SOS messages alleging assaults in detention and denial of access to lawyers. These allegations were not independently established in the report.
Police sources said detainees had been taken to around 30 detention centres across Delhi. As of late Saturday, three CJP leaders and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee had not been released and their locations had not been disclosed, according to the sources. The sources said some detainees could be released late Saturday night or by early Sunday morning.
The police said the situation would be reviewed by Sunday evening before a decision is taken on the deployment required for Monday. Any changes to metro or train operations will depend on developments during the protest and the assessment of the security situation.
