India, Oct. 9 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch has registered a fresh FIR to investigate the violence that erupted during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest in the national capital on July 20, police sources said Thursday. The case, lodged against unidentified persons, will examine whether the clashes were premeditated and will seek to identify those allegedly responsible for assaults on police personnel, vandalism and damage to public property.

The FIR, registered at the Crime Branch headquarters and numbered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), invokes provisions relating to rioting, unlawful assembly, assault or use of criminal force against a public servant, disobedience of lawful orders, obstruction of public servants, cr...