Politics‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital locked down ahead of protests

Police deployed nearly 30,000 personnel and set up barricades in New Delhi, detaining protesters as the government sought to prevent demonstrations backing the Cockroach movement. Authorities also cancelled trains, locked down metro stations and cut internet access. Protesters are demanding the election chief’s resignation and opposing a voter revision that removed 130 million names from voter lists.

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