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Police detain YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in Gurugram ahead of CJP protest

Gurugram, Haryana, India · Oct 10, 2026

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Summary in three lines

Why they are protesting
Protesters plan to rally against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
What they want
Demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the release of detained activists.
What changed
Oct 10: Police detained YouTuber Dhruv Rathee at his Gurugram residence ahead of the planned Jantar Mantar protest.
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Both sides

What protesters want

  • Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
  • Immediate and unconditional release of detained citizens and student activists

Organised by: Cockroach Janta Party

What authorities say

Police denied permission for the protest, deployed thousands of personnel from Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces, set up barricades, closed metro stations, and carried out preventive detentions.1234

The numbers

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Arrests / detentions
400+
Over 400 people have been detained overnight2

The full story

Law enforcement agencies detained YouTuber and social activist Dhruv Rathee at his residence in Gurugram's Sector-56 ahead of a planned demonstration organized by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Authorities stated that permission for the gathering was denied due to security concerns, prompting heavy police deployments, barricades, and transport restrictions across the national capital. The protest aims to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls. The CJP strongly condemned the detention of Rathee and other activists, calling it an aggressive crackdown designed to silence democratic dissent, and demanded their immediate release.

Timeline

  1. The CJP condemned the detentions on social media, accusing authorities of trying to suppress democratic dissent.13

  2. Police and law enforcement teams arrived at Dhruv Rathee's residence in Gurugram and detained him after he refused requests not to travel to Delhi.1234

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