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New Delhi: After media reports surfaced suggesting that the Union government has granted the Delhi Police Commissioner special powers under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980 in an order dated July 15, the Delhi Police clarified that “the order in question is a routine, quarterly extension of powers under the NSA”. The youth movement over the NEET paper leak and demand for Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation continues in the national capital and across the country.

“Misleading information is circulating on social media claiming that the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, has been granted detention powers under the National Security Act (NSA) specifically to suppress the ongoing CJP protests,” Delhi Police wrote on X.

It added, “In this regard, it is officially clarified that the order in question is a routine,........

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