India, July 26 -- Protesters, students and commuters continued to be detained on Saturday, even after Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation, as police continued to remove people from the Nizamuddin area and prevented many from entering Jantar Mantar and the Lutyens' zone.

Near Neel Gumbad in the Hazrat Nizamuddin area, police set up multiple barricades near the flyover to halt autorickshaws, bikes, cabs and trucks. All passing vehicles were profiled as on Saturday, with students being stopped specifically. Two minors were picked up from Mehrauli and Hauz Khas, while they were heading for the protest. Police later released them.

A senior police officer, who did not wish to be named, said, "There is a clear order tha...