India, Oct. 14 -- The entrance to Jantar Mantar became the first point of confrontation on Tuesday morning. Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde, leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), climbed over a gate and entered the protest site with party volunteers. They carried the national flag and raised slogans before Delhi Police personnel moved in and detained them. The brief entry was an attempt to reclaim a site that police had recently removed from the list of designated protest venues.

The three leaders had returned to the site after the authorities withdrew its designation as an authorised venue for demonstrations. Police had instead designated Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in east Delhi for future protests....