Madhya Pradesh Police Detain 14 Students Heading to Delhi for CJP Protest, Cite ‘Orders From Above’
Police said the students lacked permission to join the protest and were detained under BNSS Section 172 after being removed from the Goa Express.
- On Thursday, October 8, 2026, the Madhya Pradesh Government Railway Police detained around 22 female students affiliated with the All India Students Federation at Itarsi Junction while traveling from Pune to New Delhi.
- The students intended to join a Cockroach Janata Party protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, October 10, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls.
- Officers invoked Section 172 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023, to detain the group; a high-ranking officer stated, 'Everything was done based on orders from above.'
- While the GRP stated the students were released on Friday, the group refused to leave the private hotel; the AISF slammed the 'illegal detention' as video footage circulated online.
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Madhya Pradesh Police detain 14 students heading to Delhi for CJP protest, cite ‘orders from above’
A GRP officer in Itarsi says the students were picked up from the Goa Express because they did not have permission to join the protest; when asked if a citizen needed permission to attend a protest, the officer said, “Of course, they do. There has to be a system to stop all this. And we acted as per the orders we received.”
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Narmadapuram: Nearly 15 students travelling to New Delhi to participate in the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) agitation on October 10 were allegedly forced to alight from a train at Itarsi junction in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district. A purported video of cops forcing the students to leave the train has gone viral on social media. Fourteen … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Sto…
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