India, Oct. 11 -- The lane in front of Gurudwara Bangla Sahib filled with slogans a little after 1 pm. "Inquilab Zindabad" and "Jai Bhim" rang down the road as protesters stepped out of the gate in numbers. Police then came out from behind the gurudwara walls, also in large numbers, and began pulling people away from the entrance. Within ten minutes, police detained the protesters.

Many of them had been inside since the night before. After restrictions were announced on 9 October, they took shelter in the gurudwara to be in position the next morning. One of them was a 24-year-old woman in a mask. She said the group had been there since 9 am, after finding Jantar Mantar barricaded. Throughout the morning, she and others stepped out in sma...