Lockdown, crackdown: People on roads bundled into buses, taken away by police; Delhi won’t be held hostage, says CM

From the afternoon, protesters in groups of 100-150 broke into spontaneous flash protests at several places including Dilli Haat, Safdarjung flyover, Raj Ghat and Connaught Place. They too were detained.An estimated 7,000 people were detained across Delhi Saturday as police and Central forces, enforcing a citywide lockdown put in place Friday night, launched a sweeping crackdown through the day to thwart the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest calling for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.