Next challenge for govt.: how to stop largely ‘leaderless’ crowd from regrouping after October 10 anti-CEC protest

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Officials are considering how to prevent a largely leaderless crowd from regrouping after an October 10 protest against the Chief Election Commissioner. They say large-scale security deployments may not be sustainable and that detaining protesters for more than 24 hours would not be legal.

Officials say mobilising security arrangements to the scale seen on Saturday would not be feasible in the coming days, and that keeping protesters under detention for more than 24 hours would not be legal