Indian authorities transformed Delhi into a fortress on Saturday, deploying extraordinary force against young protesters challenging a voter roll revision. Thousands of people in their 20s and 30s attempted to gather, but security forces violently detained them, grabbing individuals by arms and legs and forcing them into buses and vans. Detainees banged on police van doors and shouted from bus windows, with one officer seen grabbing a protester by the throat. More than 2,000 people were detained by evening, according to a lawyers' group.
The Cockroach Janta Party, leaders of the Gen Z movement behind the protests, were also arrested, including founder Abhijeet Dipke, who shared video of their forced removal from an airplane. Dipke stated, "You can see where the nation is heading. This is dictatorship." Locations of the detained leaders remained unknown by Saturday evening.
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