Delhi Police has registered 27 FIRs over opposition protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the capital. The cases span multiple charges, while investigators are reviewing videos to identify those involved.
The Delhi Police has registered 27 FIRs since October 2 in connection with multiple Opposition protests in the national capital against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, invoking offences ranging from obstruction of public servants to sexual harassment.
Protests have intensified in New Delhi over the past few days, with Opposition parties stepping up their campaign against Kumar following a recent report that accused him of taking arbitrary decisions regarding the voter roll revision, rejecting dissenting views by two fellow members of the three-member panel.
The FIRs have been registered against the protesters across six police stations and at least four of the sections constitute non-bailable offences.
While 22 FIRs invoked the common-intention provision, 18 cases included charges of disobeying an order promulgated by a public servant. Obstructing public servants and assault or use of criminal force against public servants are also charged in 17 FIRs each.
Charges of assault or use of criminal force against women and sexual harassment have also been invoked in FIRs related to the protests.
Delhi Police sources had earlier said that at least five FIRs had been registered against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other leaders for allegedly obstructing public servants during their two-day protests.