New DelhiPolice reportedly detained 400-500 people before Saturday’s protest.
They closed roads and metro stations and cancelled trains to block a rally against the election chief.
Protesters demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign over alleged voter-list manipulation, which India’s Election Commission denies.
“If you want to jail us or even shoot us we are prepared,” said Abhijeet Dipke, the movement’s founder.
The Cockroach Janata Party says it will march to Jantar Mantar on Saturday morning regardless.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 550+ reports worldwide
- NDTV
- details the mobile internet suspension, drones and 245 cancelled trains as the security response
- BBC
- quotes CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke's "if you want to jail us or even shoot us" post addressed to Modi
- Deutsche Welle
- recalls the July protest clash (batons, tear gas, pellet shotguns) as the backdrop to the countdown to the rally
Sources: NDTV, BBC, Deutsche Welle