New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- What started with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)'s call to unfurl the tricolour - 'Lehra do Tiranga' - at Central Park in Connaught Place on Friday (October 16) turned into a chaotic day with jostling crowds and two of the leading faces of the ongoing protests - CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and All India Students' Association (AISA) national president Neha Bora - being brutally detained by the Delhi Police as they tried to make their way to the central Delhi location.

Despite the continuous crackdowns, the spirit of the protest refused to die down as more protesters, youth activists, political leaders spontaneously turned up with the tricolour, with one main question: is unfurling the Tiranga a crime?

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