After CJP Resorts to Violence, Police Registers FIR

 Report By Y-Trendz

New Delhi — A protest march organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) descended into chaos in the national capital on Monday, as thousands of demonstrators attempting to reach Parliament clashed

violently with security forces, leaving more than 50 police and paramilitary personnel injured. Delhi Police has begun registering multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) against those involved, even as more than 70 people have already been taken into custody.

March Turns Violent Near Parliament

The unrest erupted when thousands of protesters, mobilised under the banner of the "Chalo Sansad" (March to Parliament) campaign, tried to push toward Parliament Street from the Jantar Mantar protest site on the opening day of the Monsoon Session. Because the demonstration did not have the requisite permission to approach the restricted zone, police moved to block the march, deploying tear gas and resorting to a baton charge after protesters allegedly attempted to breach barricades.

In response, demonstrators began pelting stones at the security cordon. The confrontation spread rapidly along several approach roads and continued well into the evening before police managed to bring the situation under control. At least 17 personnel, drawn from both Delhi Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), were confirmed injured in the initial clashes, a figure that later rose past 50 as the standoff wore on.

Visuals from the scene showed officers with bleeding head wounds and bandaged injuries continuing to hold the frontline. Among those hurt was a Rapid Action Force (RAF) jawan who sustained a serious head injury from the stone-pelting, and a Delhi Police Inspector who was also injured in the melee. Authorities described the violence as an organised assault on the deployment rather than a spontaneous outbreak.

Multiple FIRs, Over 70 Detained

According to Delhi Police, separate FIRs are being registered based on individual complaints filed by officers and units affected across the different flashpoints. A senior police official overseeing law and order confirmed that cases are being lodged in every area where formal complaints have been received, and that the crackdown on those involved in the rioting is continuing.

More than 70 individuals have been detained so far in connection with the violence, including CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, who was leading the march. Investigators are now relying heavily on digital evidence — CCTV footage and mobile phone recordings — to identify the remaining perpetrators. Police say they have gathered around 40 video clips from the scene, many of which show rioters who had deliberately covered their faces with handkerchiefs and cloth to conceal their identities while breaking through barricades.

Roots of the Protest

The "Chalo Sansad" march grew out of weeks of escalating student-led agitation over alleged irregularities and paper leaks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the country's national medical entrance examination. Protesters have been demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, holding him accountable for what they describe as a system that has repeatedly failed students before their academic careers even begin.

The movement gained fresh momentum after climate and education activist Sonam Wangchuk, who had been on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar for more than three weeks in solidarity with the protesting students, was removed from the site by police over the weekend and taken to hospital for medical care. Supporters characterised the move as a forced removal rather than a medical necessity, and the demonstration swelled in size in the following hours, with more than 5,000 protesters converging on Jantar Mantar even as police sealed off routes toward Parliament.

Opposition leaders have criticised the government's handling of the situation, accusing the ruling party of prolonged silence over the students' grievances and over the manner in which Wangchuk was removed from the protest site. Some opposition parliamentarians had signalled intent to join the march in solidarity with the demonstrators before the clashes broke out.

Security Tightened, Investigation Ongoing

Following Monday's violence, Delhi Police convened a high-level meeting to review the security response and has since intensified deployment at key locations across the New Delhi district. Officials say formal legal action is being initiated against those identified as instigators of the violence, and further arrests are expected as investigators work through the video evidence collected from the scene.

The episode marks one of the more serious instances of protest-related violence witnessed in the capital in recent months, and comes at a politically sensitive moment, with the standoff over NEET-linked allegations continuing to dominate the opening days of Parliament's Monsoon Session.