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Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke ahead of a planned flag protest at Connaught Place, as thousands of personnel kept the youth movement's Friday rally small.
For the first time since 1993, Jantar Mantar is off Delhi's list of protest venues. Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground replace it as the Delhi High Court takes up a challenge to the order.
The opposition's march to the Supreme Court over the voter list revision ended at police barricades on Monday, with Congress saying its petition against CEC Gyanesh Kumar has been filed.
Holding a special Sunday sitting, the Supreme Court directed that peaceful protesters in Delhi must not be detained outside the law and that Metro, train and internet services should run normally.
Delhi was locked down on Saturday as police detained hundreds of people, including YouTuber Dhruv Rathee and Cockroach Janta Party leaders, to stop a protest demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Organisers say they will march again on Sunday.
A Delhi court has convicted former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain of abetting rioting in a 2020 Dayalpur shop looting and arson case, acquitting him of the other charges; sentencing arguments are on November 16.
Delhi Police registered an FIR over the entry of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other protesters into Akashvani Bhavan during Tuesday's INDIA bloc march against the CEC.
