lathis and tear-gas. Several men, including minors, were detained. “When we (a group of lawyers trying to provide legal aid to detainees) reached the Daryaganj police station at around 7.30pm, it was deserted.
Till around 9.30pm, we were completely stonewalled—the police refused to speak to us, refused to open the doors," claims Singh.She had started the Lawyers for Detainees network just a few days earlier for this very purpose—seeking to address the need for organized legal support for anti-CAA activists and students who were detained as the protests began to spread across the country.As a result, her phone number was circulated on social media.