Video: Lawyers clash with cops outside Delhi police station over detained protesters

A group of lawyers clashed with police outside Delhi’s Mahendra Park police station in Northwest Delhi after they reached the premises to seek access to protesters detained during Saturday’s demonstrations in the national capital.Sources mention that the lawyers were representing detained protesters and had secured bail for several of them. The group reached the police station to speak with DCP Akanksha Yadav regarding the detainees.The situation escalated when some lawyers approached the DCP’s vehicle and attempted to speak to her. Police personnel intervened and removed the lawyers from the area, following which a confrontation broke out outside the station.The lawyers have accused the police of pushing, assaulting and misbehaving with them. They said they had gone to the police station as part of the legal process to represent their clients. Following the confrontation, the lawyers went to Chhatrasal Stadium, where detained protesters were being held at a temporary detention centre.The lawyers sought permission to meet the detained protesters at the stadium. However, police stopped them at the main gate and did not allow them to enter the premises. The incident took place amid a wider crackdown in Delhi following protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Several protesters and Opposition leaders were detained across the capital as authorities imposed extensive security measures to prevent the planned demonstrations.The lawyers are expected to raise the matter while seeking access to their detained clients and pursuing legal proceedings on their behalf.The incident came amid heavy security arrangements across Delhi ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s planned protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Key CJP leaders – Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka – were detained immediately after arriving in the capital, while police detained more than 3,000 people at the main protest site, including YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.Despite the large security deployment and widespread detentions, the planned protest failed to materialise by midday.- EndsWith inputs from Harshit Mishra