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Delhi police initially linked Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal for taking out a procession without permission but later retracted the names of the organisations, just stating that the procession was taken out without seeking permission. [33]
Delhi Police accorded permission, with several conditions, to the farmers to hold their Republic Day parade in Delhi. Farmer leader Darshan Pal stated the barricades and barriers that Delhi Police had placed between the farmers and Delhi, will be removed by the police before 26 January 2021. [39]
Delhi Police has its origin in a small security force, established in 1854, under the assistant of British Resident to the Mughal Imperial Courts. [10] In 1861 after the adoption of the Indian Police Act, Delhi Police remained a part of the Punjab Police until India gained independence in 1947.
As Delhi Police placed barricades at entry point near Kalindi Kunj metro station blocking the entry of commuters from Noida into Delhi, UP Police did the same, in effect causing the closure of the six lane bridge. [129] Delhi Police also blocked the entry of Khadar–Kalindi Kunj Road which connects Jamia Nagar and Noida to Faridabad. [129]
[71] [72] The Delhi Police on the contrary said no force was used in a press release the following day. There were no women constables present at the site. [73] The protest site was later sealed by heavily barricading all the roads towards it by Delhi police. [72] Delhi Police also "manhandled" a female journalist covering the protests. [74]
After the violence, Jamia's VC Najma Akhtar addressed the media where she condemned the police action and said that the police entered the campus without permission. [42] On 12 January, vice-chancellor Najma Akhtar said that she would approach the court to file an FIR against the Delhi Police. However, no FIR is filed yet.
Amid nationwide crackdown because of CAA, Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad's permission for the march from Jama Masjid to Jantar Mantar had been denied by Delhi Police. In spite of the denial of permission and the imposition of Section 144, a protest march was held where Azad was able to escape after being detained by the police.
Mohan Chand Sharma AC (23 September 1965 – 19 September 2008) was an Indian police officer who was killed during the 2008 Batla House encounter in New Delhi.He was posthumously awarded the Gallantry medal Ashoka Chakra Award, India's highest peacetime military decoration, on 26 January 2009.