India, Oct. 10 -- Delhi Police closed off the approaches to Jantar Mantar with barricades on Saturday, ahead of a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

At the Tolstoy Marg-Sansad Marg intersection, at least two layers of barricades stopped people and vehicles heading towards the site. The carriageway leading to the Ashoka Road roundabout was shut at Connaught Place's Outer Circle, with traffic diverted to the opposite side of the road.

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A senior officer said barricades had been put up at 37 identified points from where protesters could potentially enter, and police set up pickets on the borders between central and New Delhi districts and at connec...