Delhi Police Gets NSA Power – What It Means for You
53sThis ties a current event to a powerful law, creating fear and urgency.
▶ Play Clip"Delivers a thorough breakdown of NSA's potential use against protesters, with historical context - though the title slightly overpromises certainty."
The video explores the National Security Act (NSA) in India, focusing on its potential application against student protesters in Delhi. It discusses recent events, including the Delhi Police Commissioner gaining authority to detain individuals under the NSA, and draws parallels with past cases like Sonam Wangchuk, Dr. Kafeel Khan, and a student from Betul. The analysis highlights the law's preventive detention nature, lack of accountability, and the fine line between maintaining public order and suppressing dissent.
Sonam Wangchuk was detained under NSA for 170 days without hearing; the Home Ministry later dropped the case without explanation.
The Delhi Police Commissioner was granted power to arrest and detain under the NSA, renewed every three months as routine.
The routine paper granting NSA authority coincides with student protests at Jantar Mantar, raising concerns among activists.
NSA allows detention on suspicion of potential disturbance, without proof, whereas common law requires a crime to be committed first.
Cases of a law student from Betul jailed for a year, Dr. Kafeel Khan jailed for 7 months, and recent Noida worker agitation where NSA was imposed on a student and journalist.
Example from Mau where NSA prevented a riot by detaining an instigator before violence occurred.
The Supreme Court designated NSA only for maintaining public order and national security, not for everyday law and order issues.
Allahabad High Court records from 2018-2020 show that out of detention challenges, 94 were found wrongful by the judge.
The government lifted Wangchuk's NSA detention before the court could review the speech; no judicial verdict on its legality.
The analogy of exposed electric wires: routine renewal does not eliminate the danger of NSA misuse.
The video urges understanding of NSA, avoiding violence in protests, and supporting demands like FIR withdrawal and fast-track courts.
The NSA is a powerful preventive detention law that has been used to quell dissent, though it also serves legitimate security needs. The video emphasizes the need for accountability and transparency, especially as student protesters face potential NSA action.
What does NSA stand for?
National Security Act.
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Under NSA, how long can a person be detained without explanation?
Up to five days, but the officer can extend it in writing.
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In normal cases, how soon must police present an accused before a magistrate?
Within 24 hours.
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Who was the student arrested under NSA for speaking against casteism?
A law student from Betul, Madhya Pradesh.
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How many days was Dr. Kafeel Khan imprisoned under NSA?
7 months.
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What did the Allahabad High Court records show about NSA detentions from 2018-2020?
Out of challenges, 94 detentions were found wrongful.
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What are the three spheres used by courts to determine NSA applicability?
Outer sphere: street fight; inner sphere: neighborhood disturbance; innermost sphere: national security.
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Why did the government lift Sonam Wangchuk's NSA detention?
Before the court could review his speech, the government itself lifted the detention; no judicial verdict was given.
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What analogy does the video use to describe routine NSA renewal?
Exposed electric wires – being routine does not make them safe.
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What is Sonam Wangchuk's primary demand for the government?
No action should be taken against children; FIRs against students should be withdrawn.
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NSA: Punishment for suspicion
Explains the core difference from common law – detention without proof of crime.
03:25Three spheres doctrine
Details Supreme Court's guideline limiting NSA to public order and security, not everyday incidents.
08:4794 wrongful detentions
Quantifies the high rate of NSA misuse as per court records.
09:47Routine does not mean safe
Powerful analogy highlighting the danger of accepting routine NSA renewals.
12:24Call for peaceful protest
A plea to avoid violence which could justify NSA action against students.
14:08[00:02] say that you will have to stay in jail for the next 3 months and we will tell you the reason later, then what will you say? Or what will you do? If I tell you that in this country a person can be
[00:20] what will you say? There is an emergency. It must have happened in an emergency. It happened in an emergency. It happened last year with Sonam Bangchu. On December 26, 2025, the DM of Lay signed the NSC paper and then Sonam Wangchuk was
[00:35] signed the NSC paper and then Sonam Wangchuk was sent to Jodhpur jail. 170 days, no hearing, no date, no decision, everything is based on doubt. On March 14, 2026, the Home Ministry said leave it. I don't know why I left it.
[00:54] Sonam Wangchuk who was on protest and government officials are meeting him, he is repeatedly saying that the
[01:06] FIR against the children should be withdrawn. Ensure that no action will be taken against children in future and till now FIR has been lodged against six children which was the latest information. And now look at these two news items together because the news is that the Police Commissioner in Delhi has been
[01:22] news is that the Police Commissioner in Delhi has been given the authority to arrest and detain anyone under the NSA.
[01:34] ' supporters are worried whether this will make a difference to the movement? Is this related to the movement? Delhi Police says this is routine. There
[01:46] is a routine paper every three months. It may be right. But one question that came to the child's mind was right. But one question that came to the child's mind was whether a child sitting at Jantar Mantar can also be arrested under NSA? And the answer of experts is scary because
[01:59] they say that yes it is possible because NSA is not just for the security of the country. That is to maintain public order and to bring peace and the way clashes are taking place at Jantar Mantar, the way bring peace and the way clashes are taking place at Jantar Mantar, the way
[02:15] beating policemen. This can happen because the NSA gives the authority to arrest and put behind bars even if there is a suspicion of disturbance in the peace and this is where the question arises that is
[02:28] and this is where the question arises that is this routine paper of the NSA that has come at this time a coincidence this routine paper of the NSA that has come at this time a coincidence Hello, I am Shubhankar Mishra and this video is very important. In this video, at
[02:41] first glance, we can see that the government is cornering the government and imposing NSA. This will not create the atmosphere. imposing NSA. This will not create the atmosphere. students and you be afraid of its tricks and will also tell you whether there are any scary examples in history.
[02:58] So stay with us for the next 7-8 minutes because this video is very important and please show it to the children sitting there at Jantar Mantar. join our WhatsApp channel so that our relationship becomes stronger and
[03:13] so that you can share it with your people because we talk on facts and not on rumours. Do you understand what the NSA is and how it is different? So look
[03:25] what the common law says? You commit a mistake, the police will catch you, the court will hear your case, the judge will tell you whether you are guilty or not. Then if your crime is proved, you will be punished. The NSA law is counterproductive. It says you haven't done anything yet, it's okay. But we think
[03:40] you can. So this crime inside you is not a punishment. This is the punishment for suspicion and there is no proof of suspicion, hence it does not even lead to a case. Now imagine that him away. He asks what happened? No answer is received. The law says that it will be
[03:57] told within five days but there is a catch in that. That officer can write it on paper and take it forward. In normal cases, the police have to present the accused before the magistrate within 24 hours. that your lawyer cannot represent you. Please write to me that you want to talk to a lawyer.
[04:13] He cannot even speak in front of the judge. mean, it is surprising.
[04:27] give him information, please send it in writing. The family members had only told them that the family members had only told them that the boy had not returned. Now the question is about NSA whose authority has been given to the Commissioner of Delhi Police. Which Delhi Police is calling a routine process. Is
[04:42] he the first student in history ? The answer is it has been found and I am not saying this to scare you. I am telling the facts. A boy was studying law in Betul, Madhya Pradesh. He
[04:56] raised his voice against casteism in his own college and became addicted to it. Stayed inside for about a year. He was in jail at the age when people get degrees. Last year, the Supreme Court, while acquitting him, clearly said that the matter was only about law and order. This
[05:08] law should not have been implemented there. Now the second example, Dr. Kafeel Khan. He had given a speech against CAA in Aligarh Muslim University. He remained in jail for 7 months. While leaving, the High Court said that some lines were taken from the entire speech. The rest was left out.
[05:21] What was being described as an inflammatory speech was actually an appeal for unity. One line lifted from the entire title appeal for unity. One line lifted from the entire title and seven months off. During the protests against CAA in 2020, this law was also imposed on many people in UP. There were a
[05:33] good number of university students among them also. Barely two months ago in May this year, a workers' agitation was underway in Noida. UP Police imposed NSA on a student Akriti Chaudhary and a journalist Satyam Verma. The government
[05:47] alleged that he instigated the workers to violence and arson. The family says they received no papers other than a police press release. The case is yet to be decided in the court. case is yet to be decided in the court.
[06:01] if these incidents create doubt and fear in the minds of children , then is this fear justified ? We leave it to you to decide. Because the police are saying that it is a routine process. The
[06:17] NSC also? This is also an important thing because Delhi Police has filed an FIR. The FIR means the government is saying that there was vandalism during the July 20 march. Police judge will decide. What is the allegation against him? The person accused will hire a lawyer,
[06:33] give his explanation and get bail. It's a long way. But nothing like this happens in the NSC case. NSC is not applicable on FIR. He passes by FIR. There is no need for investigation, charge sheet or trial. And this is the big question that when the
[06:47] government has the option of FIR open and when it is using it, then can this other option also be used? Considering the timing at which it has come, and more importantly, if NSA is imposed on any student, will it be called NSA? The
[07:04] answer is no. Because it was not announced in the NSA case. In the case of NSA, no government list is published that NSA was imposed on so many people in India this month. Well,
[07:16] in India there is a thick book of NCRB which is published every year. Even the count of bike theft is written in it. But there is not a single page of NSA. You will know when someone's son does not return home. And the family members will come in front of the camera. This is what happened in the Noida case.
[07:32] come in front of the camera. This is what happened in the Noida case. And this cuts both ways. I cannot tell you today how many people are detained under the NSA. Even the government cannot tell how many riots this law prevented and how many lives it saved? Where there is
[07:47] no counting, there is no accountability. However, the question that may be coming to your mind is whether NSA is completely wrong? So like every coin has two sides. The NSA is also not completely wrong. The NSA has also done a lot better. For example, imagine that a
[08:02] riot is about to break out in a city. The news is confirmed. A man is instigating. Now tell me what is the FIR for? The riot has not happened yet. Who will be the witness? Whoever I called would say, Sir, I am worried about my life. By the time the trial begins, the city will be burning down. And this happened just last year in Maui.
[08:16] city will be burning down. And this happened just last year in Maui. property was looted. The two communities came face to face. Then NSA was imposed on a man. Although that man High Court. Allahabad High Court said no, this detention is right. The Constitution also
[08:30] allows this law. And in 1982 the Supreme Court also approved it. But the question is where does the line draw? The court had long ago created and shared three spheres. The outermost circle, street fight. The inner circle is the fight that
[08:47] shakes the entire neighborhood and the innermost smaller circle is the security of the country. NSA is made only for the two inner spheres. The courts repeat one thing again and again. This law is for exceptions. Not for everyday use. The day this becomes common, it will become wrong.
[09:00] And that's the whole debate. A protest, a slogan, a procession, in which circle will it be thrown ? There is no judge to decide which direction the student protest in Delhi will go. The one who decides this is the same officer who is preparing the detention papers and
[09:16] this is where the whole game is and this is the fear in the minds of the students that will the Delhi Police, whom they have beaten, put them in jail under NSA. The Commissioner has the right to decide, now the question is what happens in the court in NSA cases, so the
[09:33] court talks on facts and we are telling you the facts, in the three years between 2018 and 2020, people kept reaching the Allahabad High Court, one after the other, everyone said the same thing, sir, they were wrongly detained. The judge looked at the papers and
[09:47] said about 94 people, he is saying the right thing, leave him. This count was taken out by the Indian Express from the court records and in the remaining cases, the judges said that the detention was right, meaning it was not wrong every time but it was not right every time either.
[10:02] Now understand its meaning, the paper which an officer prepares in a closed room does not stand for maximum time in the open court, but by the time the judge says that something wrong has happened to this man, that man would have already served several months in jail. Like
[10:19] Like who will return the case of that boy from Betul after a year? And one more thing stings. This is the account of only those who could reach the court. Whose family did not have money for a lawyer. Now he is not in this count. Now the question will arise
[10:33] why NSA was imposed on Sonam Wangchuk? Because as we told you, on 24 September 2025, there was a movement going on in Leh for months. The demand was to make Ladakh a full state and include the land here in the list of the Constitution which has been made to protect the tribal areas.
[10:47] Then it got worse after a day. Police fired. Four people were killed. More than 100 were injured. The government told the Supreme Court that this atmosphere in this sensitive border area was created by Wangchuk's speech. Bangchuk flatly refused. Said
[11:00] that it is my right to oppose criticism. But what happened then? Because this is the most important part. The court said okay, we will see that speech ourselves. Videos were ordered. The next date was fixed. But before that date the government itself
[11:13] lifted the detention. The case ended there. This means that till date no judge has said whether the detention of Sonam Manchuk was right or wrong. The question is not over. The need to ask questions was eliminated. But Sonam stayed inside for 170 days. Now the question is what happened in the Delhi movement
[11:27] and this time it is a very sensitive issue, so you should understand it. On July 7, Delhi Police said that the right to impose NSA lies with the Delhi Police Commissioner. On July 18, police
[11:43] picked up Wangchuk from Jantar Mantar and took him to the hospital. Police say we did not pick him up on our own. There was an order of the High Court. Doctors said that the condition was not good. His wife says that neither she nor her husband was told. Parliament March takes place on 20th July. There are six FIRs. On the
[11:56] night of July 22nd, that paper was published in the Gazette. cutting out a single word. Police are saying this is not a new order. It keeps growing automatically every three months. This came out even before the demonstration began and no one had applied for it.
[12:11] And let me clarify here too. I am not saying that there is any conspiracy against the students. I accept what the police say. But even after accepting it, one But even after accepting it, one thing becomes routine and ineffective. This
[12:24] is not a thing. Naked electric wires also remain hanging in the house every day. Hanging himself every day does not make him safe. There is a letter between these dates. The man who was imprisoned for 170 days last year under the same law. He wrote to the government that he was ready to demolish the mansion. The
[12:39] condition is the same. No action should be taken against the children. Now you stop and think. The man is not asking for anything for himself. He has also placed Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation at number four. He is saying that cases should not be filed against children. This is the number one demand.
[12:55] After that there should be talks in the Parliament, students should be compensated and if possible Dharmendra Pradhan should be removed. Now when Sonam Wangchuk is saying that no case should be filed against the students and here the NSA gadget was received by the Delhi Police Commissioner. They got the authority to impose NSA.
[13:10] So if we connect these links, Sonam Wangchuk, who stayed inside for 170 days, knows this. Wangchuk, who stayed inside for 170 days, knows this. He has suffered. They know that one signature of the Delhi Police Commissioner can put anyone behind bars. And the biggest
[13:24] thing is that there is no accounting for NSA. Now whether the government accepts this or not, the question remains the same whether the fast is broken or not. And that question is for 3 months. Till 18th October. This is a law that has been in place since 1980. The
[13:40] Constitution is giving permission. The Supreme Court has upheld it. Even in cases like Mau, Even in cases like Mau, its power has been felt. But still the truth is that there are many people who are trapped in this.
[13:54] However, let me clarify that till now there is no news of NSA being imposed on any protester. And I pray that it is not. My prayers. But the boy from Betul remained inside for a year. The case of Noida Via Ali student has reached the court. So don't be afraid to ask this question.
[14:08] reached the court. So don't be afraid to ask this question. Asking this question is to refresh the memory. NSA is not a punishment for crime. There is punishment for doubt and doubt means you is punishment for doubt and doubt means you said something, wrote something, stood somewhere. That's all.
[14:22] Today the Delhi Police Commissioner is passing, tomorrow someone else will pass. And when that day comes, be ready. Because on that day there will be no time to ask which law is it? We will have to seek answers because today the suspicion is on someone else. Tomorrow it will be someone else's. It may happen to us too the day after tomorrow.
[14:38] Tomorrow it will be someone else's. It may happen to us too the day after tomorrow. And at this time when the matter has become so sensitive. And at this time when the matter has become so sensitive. That's why this video was more to make you aware than to scare you. And the rest would go and
[14:53] And the rest would go and then I would say, brother, please understand what I am saying. Do
[15:05] not resort to violence in the movement. Violence tarnishes the movement. make a video. The country will see
[15:19] and the entire country will turn against the government. But if you also commit violence or you do something provocative which many boys and girls are doing.
[15:31] So Babu, remember Sonam Wangchuk who brought this movement alive. From thousands of people, it has reached millions of people today. He too had kept him inside for 170 days.
[15:49] gives strength. Therefore, understand this law. Please share it with your friends and we hope that share it with your friends and we hope that we all will work together peacefully on some of those demands. Students should get justice, fast track courts should be formed,
[16:02] get justice, fast track courts should be formed, Dharmendra Pradhan should be changed. Compensation should be given and what Sonam Wangchuk is saying first of all. That's variant to avoid FIR.
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