NEW DELHI: Heightened security will remain in place across New Delhi and Central Delhi districts after the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) warned of fresh protests if FIRs registered against demonstrators are not withdrawn.In a post on X, CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka alleged that the agreement with the Centre on refraining from police action against protesters was being violated.“We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police action against the protestors. Hundreds of students have been arrested in Bihar and Bengal, and hundreds are being surveilled/harrassed in Delhi and other states. Multiple reports are emerging in Delhi around the detention of volunteers supporting protestors with logistics.“We demand that all the FIRs against the protestors be immediately withdrawn, students be released, and no future FIRs be filed (in line with our agreement) by Delhi police/Central investigative agencies/Police in BJP-allied states, FAILING WHICH WE WILL BE FORCED TO SIT ON PROTEST AGAIN,” he said.Ranka further said the outfit expected the government to share a written agreement on the withdrawal of legal cases by Tuesday, in line with the timeline discussed during talks.Responding to the development, a senior police officer said Delhi Police personnel and paramilitary forces would continue to be deployed around Jantar Mantar and other sensitive locations in New Delhi and Central Delhi to maintain law and order.“Force will be deployed to monitor the current situation and maintain law and order in and around the Jantar Mantar area. However, Jantar Mantar is a designated protest site and security always remains high there,” the officer said.The officer added that police were closely monitoring the situation and had strengthened security arrangements as a precaution to prevent any untoward incident, news agency PTI reported.Addressing a press conference, CJP national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka said the withdrawal of FIRs was discussed during the third round of talks with the Centre before the outfit called off its 36-day protest at Jantar Mantar.“In the third round of talks, we had agreed that all FIRs filed against protesters and organisers across the country would be withdrawn and no new FIR would be filed against any organiser and protester in the future,” he said.Ranka said the organisation would be “forced to protest again” if the written agreement was not received by Tuesday and those arrested in connection with the agitation were not released.(With agency inputs)
