00:00Delhi braced for Dharna today, but the massive protest call quickly turned into a day of detentions.
00:06At the center of it all, CJP leaders who landed in the capital only to be detained moments after stepping.
00:14In fact, that detention happened while they were there inside the aircraft.
00:20Bajit Dipke, Swarov Das and Ashutosh Ranka were all detained, but the crackdown was not confined to the airport.
00:26A barricading multi-layer police deployment, flag marches, drones and body cam deployment.
00:32Police had turned Delhi into a fortress and the crackdown began even before protesters could reach the protest site.
00:41Protesters from across the national capital were detained by the security forces.
00:45Today's agitation may have been contained, but amidst growing dissent against the chief election commissioner,
00:51has the crackdown set the stage for a bigger confrontation?
00:55Before I bring in the guests, here's what happened today.
01:05Delhi airport becomes the center of detention drama.
01:14The moment CJP leaders touched down in Delhi, cops entered the flight.
01:19What followed was detention of Abhijit Dipke, Swarov Das and Ashutosh Ranka.
01:35The extraordinary scenes captured on multiple phones show a visibly agitated Dipke slamming PM Modi
01:41and daring the police officers to arrest him.
01:46So, you can see it.
01:51You can see it.
01:55You can see it.
02:00People stayив with us working from Indiani Police officers here are all in line.
02:04We are still trying to guard from ground like chiefs from leaving the plane.
02:07With Novi yourself?
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02:12This is Narendra Modi's concerns.
02:15ambition of 30-year-old camera estos across the phone.
02:17He is giving them an emergency in the plane.
02:20Isn't it today?
02:20The call of Indira Gandhi hasérence of emergency in other scenarios.
02:22All we wanted to do is a peaceful protest, and they are picking us up from the flight like we
02:30are criminals.
02:33Shortly before he was detained, India Today spoke to Deepke about the detention which was imminent.
02:50In the face of inevitable detention, Deepke put up a defiant show in front of the cops.
03:07I am not afraid of you guys.
03:10I am not afraid of you guys.
03:15Perhaps he knew what was coming.
03:18In a pre-recorded video, Abhi Ji Deepke himself handed over the responsibility of taking the CJP movement forward to
03:24Ajinkya Shinde.
03:27If you are watching this video, I mean, Ashu and Swarov, we are three artists.
03:46The crackdown began even before protesters could reach the site.
03:51Protesters from across the national capital were detained by the security forces.
03:58One key demand of protesters, resignation of Janish Kumar.
04:04These are students who have gathered.
04:07From where have you come?
04:09I am actually a school student.
04:11School student?
04:12I am in 12th standard.
04:15You are not scared about the fact that...
04:17You see, the more you hit onto something, the more it bumps.
04:22It doesn't get down, it only gets up.
04:24So one day the volcano eventually hits.
04:28When protesters from the left student's wing failed to dodge the barricading,
04:32they changed their protest location to BJP headquarters, but were detained.
04:37There is no other vehicle that's being allowed to pass through the entirety of the vicinity of Central Delhi.
04:44This is in fact very close to Connaught Place as we speak.
04:48And we're moving that side to bring you the updates from what's happening there.
04:51Because there are more detentions happening as we speak.
04:55You can see another bus leaving.
04:59This is another bus of the police officers leaving with detained protestors.
05:06Delhi police also maintained strict checks on all roads leading to Jantar Mantar.
05:13You can see the body cam on the bodies of these senior police officials.
05:20Veeraj Narang, who is ACP, he is present here and he is seeking details of people who are entering in
05:26Delhi.
05:40Even paramilitary forces in multi-layers were deployed to avoid the rerun of Jantar Mantar protests round one.
05:46It was a massive protest call by the CJP against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.
05:50But the agitation was contained by the Delhi police action.
05:55With Sreya Chatterjee, Piyush Mishra, Sreya Kundu and Shambhavi Srivastava.
06:00Euro Report, India Today.
