India deploys thousands of police ahead of election protest
- NEW DELHI: Central Delhi was sealed on Saturday (Oct 10), with thousands of police and paramilitaries on patrol, metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended and markets closed to guard against a youth protest demanding India's chief election officer quit.
- Touted by the organisers as a protest to "Save Democracy", it aims to be the
- NEW DELHI: Thousands of police were deployed across the Indian capital on Friday (Oct 9), a day before planned protests to demand the election commission chief step down over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
Confirmed
- NEW DELHI: Central Delhi was sealed on Saturday (Oct 10), with thousands of police and paramilitaries on patrol, metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended and markets closed to guard against a youth protest demanding India's chief election officer quit.
- NEW DELHI: Thousands of police were deployed across the Indian capital on Friday (Oct 9), a day before planned protests to demand the election commission chief step down over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
Unverified
- Touted by the organisers as a protest to "Save Democracy", it aims to be the
Sources: Al Jazeera, CNA