A police team from the Shivaji Colony police station in Rohtak, Haryana, faced an unexpected stand-off on Saturday after villagers prevented them from leaving the residence of a local leader. The incident began around 6 am when a team, led by Station House Officer (SHO) Rakesh Kumar, arrived at the home of Jai Dev Dagar, a Zila Parishad member. According to Dagar, officers intended to take him into custody to prevent him from traveling to Delhi to participate in a protest organised by the CJP at Jantar Mantar.
Following a series of calls made by Dagar, hundreds of local residents gathered at his home within minutes. The crowd surrounded the police personnel, demanding that a senior officer from the district administration arrive to provide a formal explanation for the attempted detention. The stand-off lasted until approximately 1 pm, with residents refusing to allow the officers to depart. The situation only reached a resolution after the police provided a handwritten note, signed by the team, justifying their actions by citing prohibitory orders issued by the Rohtak district administration regarding the planned Delhi demonstration.
Dagar, who claimed to be unaffiliated with any political party, defended his intentions as an exercise of his democratic rights. Speaking on the event, SHO Rakesh Kumar sought to downplay the confrontation, describing Dagar as a law-abiding citizen who had cooperated with officials. The SHO stated that the police were acting under their responsibility to manage gatherings that lacked necessary permissions. While videos of the tense encounter circulated widely on social media throughout the day, Kumar maintained that the police had no objections to the villagers recording or sharing the footage of the interaction.
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