The police in New Delhi have installed barriers in the city center, part of an effort to limit protests against a revision in the country’s voter rolls.
A planned protest against a sweeping voter roll revision prompted police to order a virtual shutdown of New Delhi, the capital. The country’s highest court intervened.
Abhijeet Dipke started the movement as a joke. But after ousting a minister over a dysfunctional college entrance exam system, India’s youth say they now want to save democracy.
Hundreds were detained in New Delhi as demonstrators expressed anger over the removal of 130 million people from the rolls. The government denies accusations of “vote theft.”
Capt. Smit Machchhar suffered stab wounds while fending off an attack from his co-pilot, saving the lives of around 170 people on board, officials said.