India, July 27 -- With the month-long protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar concluding on Saturday, the Delhi Police on Sunday said it has begun scrutinising a backlog of applications seeking permission to hold demonstrations at the designated protest site.

Senior officers said requests for permission to protest have been pouring in almost daily over the past month, but none was approved while the CJP agitation was underway. Those pending are now being reviewed at the Parliament Street police station.

"We have been receiving requests seeking permission to hold protests at Jantar Mantar. None of them has been approved yet. We will now go through the pending applications and decide which organisations can be allowed ...