Delhi Police files July 20 protest figures before Supreme Court

Delhi Police has told the Supreme Court that more than 240 police personnel, including women officers, and about 218 protesters were injured during the July 20 march from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament.

In a 42-page affidavit, police said they deployed more than 3,600 barricades and over 4,600 women personnel during the protest period. The force said the demonstration had originally been permitted on June 20 for an expected 500 to 600 people, but continued beyond its scheduled time and grew in size.

Police said no permission was sought or granted for a July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ march. It alleged that some protesters tried to breach barricades near Parliament, where government offices, residences and other protected sites are located.

The affidavit said that, at one point, more than 30,000 protesters faced 5,000 uniformed police personnel. It also recorded seven vehicle thefts, 66 other thefts and 123 lost-property reports between July 20 and 26.

The affidavit does not provide details of an internal inquiry into allegations of police misconduct. The Supreme Court has proposed a high-powered committee to examine those allegations, including claims involving women protesters, as outlined in an earlier hearing.