Stone-pelting at Delhi protest injures six police, two ACPs

Violence erupted at the Jantar Mantar protest site in New Delhi on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, leaving at least six police personnel injured, including two assistant commissioners of police, after clashes with demonstrators. The incidents mark a third consecutive day of heightened tensions surrounding a prolonged agitation over alleged irregularities in national examinations.

According to police statements, the first incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. when Assistant Commissioner of Police Jai Prakash, posted in Punjabi Bagh, sustained a forehead injury after being struck by a stone. He was treated at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital for what doctors described as a minor fracture. A more serious clash broke out later near Tolstoy Marg in Connaught Place at approximately 8:30 p.m. Police reported that a group of individuals attacked security personnel with stones and bottles, injuring ACP Connaught Place Vivek Bhagat and several other officers. Bhagat was taken to the same hospital with multiple bruises and a head injury.

Authorities stated that Rapid Action Force and Delhi Police personnel used limited force, including firing two to three tear gas shells, to disperse the crowd after...