Bengaluru Police Deny CJP Town Hall March Request

Bengaluru Police denied the Cockroach Janta Party permission to hold a protest march from Town Hall, saying protests are restricted to designated venues including Freedom Park. The decision concerned the route and venue sought by organisers for a Tiranga march on October 16. Reports differed on whether police later allowed a separate peaceful march, and the available accounts do not establish its final route or conditions. A senior police officer said the request was denied because the organisers proposed Town Hall, while a Karnataka High Court order designates Freedom Park for protests. Organisers said their planned march was to start at Town Hall at 4 pm and end at the Quit India Memorial. The reports do not establish whether that proposed route was ultimately used. One account said police subsequently allowed organisers to hold a peaceful Tiranga march subject to conditions and adequate security, and reported that it began at 5 pm. Other accounts reported the denial of permission for the Town Hall march without confirming that a later march was approved or held. It therefore remains unclear from the reports whether the 5 pm march was the same event as the organisers’...