New Delhi: Senior CPI leader Annie Raja and about a dozen party workers and supporters holding a protest near Khan Market to demand a ceasefire in Gaza were detained on Friday, officials said.
Carrying banners reading "Ceasefire Now" and "Stop the Genocide", Raja and a few supporters tried to march towards the Israel embassy.
They were detained and taken to the Tughlak Road police station in a bus, an officer said.
The police will release them after holding them in detention for some time, the officer added.
Published 09 August 2024, 10:50 IST