Kejriwal demands police rescind prohibitory order

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made the submission on behalf of Delhi Police before the bench of high court Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The bench was hearing pleas seeking the quashing of the prohibitory orders, as well as the release of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters, who were detained from the Capital's Singhu border on the night of October 1, a day after the prohibitions were imposed.

“The order passed on September 30 now stands withdrawn in view of the changed circumstances in an order dated October 2. The people who were allegedly detained, it was not detention in that sense…they are also out. They have visited Rajghat (Mahatma Gandhi's memorial). They gave a memorandum to the Union home ministry, which accepted the memorandum,” Mehta said.

The original order, which was to be in force till Sunday, was issued after police received intelligence inputs regarding potential protests in the city in the first week of the month.