Guwahati, July 20 -- Delhi Police on Monday used batons to disperse hundreds of students and youth activists who were marching from Mandi House Metro Station towards Jantar Mantar, where supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) had assembled for a protest.

The demonstrators, many of them women, marched while raising slogans against the Centre. A large contingent of Delhi Police personnel was deployed to prevent the procession from moving towards the protest venue.

Authorities had not issued any official statement on the reported baton charge or whether any protesters had been detained at the time of reporting.

Despite heavy rainfall and extensive security arrangements across central Delhi, thousands of people assembled at Jantar M...