{
  "id": 13707041,
  "title": "‘No place to breathe’: AISA’s Neha Bora detained again, alleges police brutality",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/no-place-to-breathe-aisas-neha-bora-detained-again-alleges-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T11:50:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-place-to-breathe-aisas-neha-bora-detained-again-alleges-police-brutality/articleshow/134869929.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NEW DELHI: Neha Bora, president of the All India Students' Association (AISA), was detained once more on Sunday during protests advocating for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Bora claimed that Delhi Police were utilizing detention buses with individual cells, which lacked sufficient space for demonstrators to breathe. In a video posted online, she described the cramped conditions within these buses, alleging that they were being treated like jails. She also accused police officers of physically assaulting male protesters, stating, \"This is the bus. The bus has 4 'cells', There is no place to breathe.\" Bora's arrest occurred near Vijay Chowk, where protesters sought to march towards Jantar Mantar amidst heavy police presence across the capital. Visuals displayed the AISA leader rallying alongside others before authorities intervened to halt the march. Over 100 demonstrators were apprehended at various spots throughout Delhi on Sunday as student groups such as Students Federation of India (SFI), AISA, and Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) joined the rally called by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas, a member of SFI, was among those detained, with police alleging that he was attacked by officers and left injured on the roadside. The SFI also accused police of assaulting its activists inside what they described as cage-like vans, including the detainment of Father Biju Xavier, the vicar of Sacred Heart Church in Delhi, who was recording alleged police brutality. The detentions followed extensive security measures, with over 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel deployed across Delhi to thwart protesters' progress towards Jantar Mantar. The CJP and opposition parties have been pressing for Kumar's removal due to alleged irregularities in the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Neha Bora, AISA president, detained again during protests",
    "Delhi Police used detention buses with individual cells",
    "Bora accused police of physical assault and lack of breathing space"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}