Tehseen Poonawalla, who describes himself as a political analyst and consultant, claimed on Saturday that Delhi Police had placed him under house arrest ahead of his planned protest march and hunger strike against the government's E20 petrol policy. On Friday, Poonawalla announced that he would walk to Delhi's Gandhi Smriti, where he would hold a silent protest and a hunger strike against the policy.
On Saturday, he shared a series of posts on social media showing police personnel outside his residence and claimed he had been confined to his home, while also criticising Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari.
Tehseen Poonawalla ‘put under house arrest’
In one of the videos shared on X, Poonawalla is seen questioning a police officer about how he could be detained without any official paperwork.
“Guys, Delhi Police has detained me!!! They have put me under house arrest with NO PAPERS!!” he wrote in an X post.
