Politics · Gandhi detained · ArchiveRahul Gandhi Detained, Injured as India Protest Crackdown IntensifiesAired July 22, 2026 at 4:06 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00We begin in New Delhi tonight with a0:02dramatic escalation in India's political0:04crisis. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi0:06was forcibly detained by Delhi police0:08after staging a sit-in outside Prime0:10Minister Narendra Modi's residence,0:13demanding accountability for the violent0:14crackdown on student protesters that has0:16now left hundreds injured. Gandhi was0:17dragged from a sit-in at 7 Lok Kalyan0:20Marg, the Prime Minister's official0:21residence, and taken to Chhatrasal0:23Stadium along with dozens of other0:25opposition lawmakers before being moved0:27to Mandir Marg police station. All were0:30released later that evening, but the0:31images of India's top opposition figure0:33bleeding after a police scuffle have0:35sent shockwaves through the country's0:37political establishment. Eyewitnesses0:39say Gandhi suffered a minor nose injury0:40with visible blood during the scuffle.0:42His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was0:44also forcibly removed from the scene,0:46alleging she was shoved into a police0:48vehicle by male officers. Multiple0:50opposition figures, including Samajwadi0:52Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, were0:53detained alongside them. During the0:55sit-in, Gandhi had called for the0:57resignations of Prime Minister Narendra0:59Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and the1:02sacking of Education Minister Dharmendra1:04Pradhan, accusing the government of1:06destroying the future of India's youth.1:08He explicitly demanded PM Modi step down1:10over the handling of the student protest1:12movement.1:19This comes one day after police lathi1:21charged student protesters at Jantar1:23Mantar, leaving 60 injured and 701:26detained. The broader movement, known as1:28the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP, has1:30been rallying since June 20th over a1:32massive leak of the NEET UG medical1:34entrance exam. Over 180 people have now1:37been hurt in the ongoing crackdown, with1:39student activist Sonam Wangchuk1:41remaining hospitalized on a hunger1:42strike now exceeding 20 days. The BJP1:45youth movement, led by activist Abhijit1:48Dipke, has been demanding accountability1:50for the paper leak that compromised one1:52of India's most competitive medical1:53entrance exams. One female student1:56remains in intensive care after being1:57caught in a crowd crush during the July1:5920th March as the government faces2:01mounting accusations of using2:03disproportionate force against its own2:04citizens.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗Related coverageFollow-upOct 9 11:53 UTCFour of five Green MPs opposed the Zionism motion. Now Polanski rejects its wording