India, July 28 -- The Delhi Police began issuing notices to social media accounts directing them to remove "abusive" and "illegal" posts related to the recent Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar. Scrutiny of 2,873 people present at and around the CJP protest at the Jantar Mantar has revealed that over 980 of them have previous criminal records, including cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping, crimes against women, illegal firearms and narcotics. The action extends to content targeting senior political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police sources said on Monday.

The move follows a review of videos, photographs, comments and other content uploaded during and after the month-long ...