Overview
- Calling the crackdown undemocratic, Rahul Gandhi wrote "This is India, not North Korea" and said peaceful protest is not a crime.
- Police allege the February 20 action sought to disrupt the high-profile AI summit and cite charges including rioting and promoting enmity.
- Those arrested include IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib and former spokesperson Bhudev Sharma, who were produced in a Delhi court and remanded to police custody.
- A 24-hour confrontation unfolded on the Chandigarh–Shimla highway as Himachal Pradesh police accused Delhi Police personnel of kidnapping three Youth Congress members and filed an FIR.
- Delhi Police later raided Himachal Sadan in New Delhi following reports that IYC workers linked to the protest had stayed there.