A game of hide-and-seek: Protesters duck into washrooms, gurdwara amid capital-wide clampdown
The episode at Connaught Place was one of several scenes across central Delhi in which protesters tried to stay out of police custody
Protesters in Delhi engaged in a game of hide-and-seek with police during a crackdown on the CJP protest, utilizing public spaces and places of worship to evade detention. At an NDMC washroom in Connaught Place, over 20 protesters hid overnight, only to be discovered by police during an inspection. Similarly, at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, young protesters repeatedly emerged from the gurdwara to join demonstrations before retreating inside.
The police, employing lathis and steel spikes, faced challenges as protesters found refuge in these locations, turning the security measures into an ongoing contest between protesters seeking to exercise their right to protest and the authorities striving to detain them.
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