5 Delhi cops injured, internet cut, tear gas fired: Fresh chaos amid CJP protest near Sansad Marg

The situation became tense near Park Hotel on Sansad Marg, where the crowd turned unruly and tear gas shells were fired.

Updated on: Jul 23, 2026, 06:17:30 IST

By Paras Singh, Snehil Sinha, Jignasa Sinha

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Fresh tensions escalated in Delhi amid the ongoing protest led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). While the protest site at Jantar Mantar remained peaceful, tensions escalated on the Sansad Marg stretch, where protesters and security personnel clashed.

The situation became tense near Park Hotel on Sansad Marg, where the crowd turned unruly and tear gas shells were fired. (HT Photo by Snehil Sinha)

While security personnel hit protesters who had spilled on to Sansad Marg with tear gas shells, protesters pelted stones at police personnel and chased them on the main radial road of Connaught Place.

According to the Delhi Police, 5 police personnel - 2 ACPs, one inspector, one head constable and one constable, were injured.

Tear gas fired after crowd turns unruly near Park Hotel

The stretch from the Tolstoy Marg entry near Janpath to the NDMC Convention Centre saw no visible deployment of police or security personnel for some time, but police and paramilitary personnel were later seen stationed nearby in combat gear.

The situation became tense near Park Hotel on Sansad Marg, where the crowd allegedly turned unruly, following which tear gas shells were fired. A policeman was also chased and beaten by a section of the crowd.

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Following the escalation, police brought in volunteers from the protest site to appeal to demonstrators to remain calm and avoid stone pelting. The volunteers told protesters that such incidents could undo the efforts of the movement.

Police use loudspeaker appeals, move reinforcements

As efforts were made to bring the situation under control, a volunteer was placed on top of a police bus fitted with a loudspeaker. The bus moved through the Sansad Marg stretch while appeals were made to protesters to maintain peace.

A CJP volunteer was also seen standing atop a police vehicle, appealing to protesters to refrain from stone pelting.

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The crowd was also asked to sit on the road and stop sloganeering as authorities attempted to control the rising tension. The Jantar Mantar protest site, however, remained normal, with the area towards Sansad Marg cordoned off near the intersection using RPF and riot control vehicles.

Internet cut order around Jantar Mantar

Internet services were temporarily suspended in parts of central Delhi following an order issued to telecom service providers. A data alert informed users that internet services had been stopped in the area as per government instructions.

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The order directed telecom companies to suspend internet services within a 1.5 km radius of Jantar Mantar from Wednesday evening 6 pm till Thursday 6 am.

CJP volunteers remove stones from protest area

Meanwhile, CJP volunteers were seen removing stones lying on roads and traffic islands around the Jantar Mantar monument park to prevent them from being used during the protest.

Police reinforcements were also moved towards the area, with a bus carrying Delhi Police personnel entering the stretch near the Parliament Street police station.

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Paras Singh
Paras Singh is a New Delhi-based journalist with Hindustan Times, where he serves as Deputy Metro Editor. He reports on urban governance, the Delhi government, the Delhi BJP, water management, the environment, communities and city life. He joined Hindustan Times in 2021 after beginning his journalism career at The Times of India in 2016, where he covered civic bodies, the water and power sectors, and urban infrastructure. Over the last decade, some of his reporting has led to significant public impact, with investigations into environmental violations, corruption and illegal industrial activity contributing to multiple judicial interventions by the National Green Tribunal and the Delhi High Court. A graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Paras studied journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Having extensively covered the capital's evolving civic and governance landscape, his recent work increasingly explores Delhi's history, built heritage, urban evolution and the relationship between people and place, alongside continuing to report on governance and public policy.Read More
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Snehil Sinha
Snehil Sinha is an Assistant Editor with the Delhi Metro bureau of Hindustan Times, where she reports on politics, governance, public policy, urban infrastructure and transport, subjects that shape the everyday lives of millions in the national capital. Over a journalism career spanning 14 years, she has built a reputation for meticulous, data-driven reporting that combines on-ground perspectives with policy analysis. She began her career with The Indian Express before joining Hindustan Times, where she has reported extensively on civic administration and urban governance in Gurugram, Noida and now Delhi. Her reporting is distinguished by its clarity, depth and balance. Whether covering large-scale infrastructure projects, environmental challenges, transport reforms or government policy, she tries to translate complex administrative decisions into accessible, engaging stories without losing nuance. Her work reflects a strong command of public records, official data and field reporting, often connecting policy announcements with their impact on citizens. Her stories go beyond headlines to explain how governance decisions influence the city's growth, mobility and quality of life, making her work an important contribution to informed public discourse.Read More
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Jignasa Sinha
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.Read More

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