At least 22 arrested for assault, using 'pepper spray' on Delhi Police

The Delhi Police has arrested at least 22 people on charges of obstructing its personnel and assaulting them, besides blocking the road during a protest at the India Gate over rising air pollution levels in the national capital, an official said on Monday.

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The police have registered two different FIRs, one at the Sansad Marg Police Station, another at the Kartavya Path Police Station, under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including outraging the modesty of women.

On Sunday, the situation at the protest escalated as some demonstrators allegedly used pepper spray on police personnel while being removed from the scene and were taken to Parliament Street Police Station, where they were involved in another scuffle with the escorting officers, the official added.

“The situation then turned into a scuffle, and some protesters used pepper spray on our personnel, which is unusual and rare,” the officer said, adding that so far, police have arrested at least 22 protesters.