Prakash Raj Slams Police Crackdown, Anurag Kashyap Hails 'Lakhon Bahadur'

More than 40,000 Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel have been deployed in New Delhi. Turning the capital into a heavily-armed fortress to curtail protests. The crackdown comes amid a scheduled protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar.

This was called to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over alleged irregularities in the revised voter roll.

Actor and activist Prakash Raj took to his X account and shared a cartoon by Satish Acharya, captioning it "How long will you escape from Citizens dissent #justasking." In a video addressing the detentions, Prakash called out the detention of Abhijeet, Saurav, and Ashutosh from the flight, saying "What is this hungama? Detaining youngsters from the flights and homes?

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Not even letting them reaching the protest site? You have not arrested our voice! You have arrested yourself.

This country will not let you kill democracy, it is a long fight and we will continue to ask questions… Game on! The nation is watching."

Key CJP leaders, including Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka, were detained along with hundreds of protestors and journalists trying to gather in Central Delhi. Jantar Mantar, the intended location for the protest, had previously been sealed off by the Delhi Police.

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All connected roads have been barricaded, with loudspeakers at three key entry-exit points broadcasting warnings in Hindi and English against gatherings, processions, road blockades and other prohibited activities under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

Director Anurag Kashyap took to his Instagram account on Saturday and wrote, "Do Darpok, 40,000 ghulam, Lakhon bahadur (2 of them scared, 40,000 of them slaves, and lakhs of bravehearts)." In a separate post, Anurag also urged Instagram users to follow All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora live. Singer Vishal Dadlani also fumed at the crackdown and shared a video on Instagram, saying "At present, the whole world is watching that the system can go to such lengths to save one person."