The Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s proposed protest at Central Park, Connaught Place, with 21 routes likely to be affected.
Traffic police urges commuters to use public transport wherever possible
These include Sansad Marg, Janpath, Barakhamba Road, and Minto Road. Following this, they were detained, with police saying they had been placed under preventive arrest. The CJP leaders were produced before a special executive magistrate at the Mandi Marg Police Station the next day. Police had also cited alleged violations of prohibitory orders in connection with the arrests. In a video of the incident, Ranka was seen holding a Tricolour after entering Jantar Mantar.
Traffic movement on these routes is likely to be affected from around 3 pm onwards, the traffic police said in a post on X. The Delhi Police had earlier said that a prohibitory order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita was already in force in Connaught Place and surrounding areas. On Tuesday, Das, Ranka, CJP national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde and 11 others had climbed over a locked gate to enter the Jantar Mantar, which was de-notified as a protest site. Das and Ranka were sent to judicial custody While Shinde and 11 others were released.
The Delhi Traffic Police urged commuters to “plan their journeys accordingly” and “allow travel sufficient time. They further asked those travelling to use public transport wherever possible and “follow the directions of traffic personnel” deployed at sites. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) had also, on Thursday, announced that Central Park in Connaught Place would remain closed to the public on Friday and Saturday, citing administrative reasons. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke has called for the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march to protest the arrest of outfit co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were sent to five days of judicial custody on Wednesday.
