Watch: Kejriwal detained outside residence while attempting march to Jantar Mantar

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal was detained just outside his residence on Saturday amid the sweeping crackdown in Delhi over the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) planned ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ protest demanding chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the EC's SIR of electoral rolls.Kejriwal shared a video from inside a bus, where he was seated alongside fellow detainees as slogans of “Gyanesh Kumar isteefa do” could be heard. Several AAP leaders, including senior party leader Sanjay Singh, were also present.The former Delhi chief minister had backed the CJP’s proposed demonstration a day earlier, promising to join the protest along with his family. He had also urged young people to turn up in large numbers to demand Kumar’s resignation over alleged “vote theft”.But on the day of the planned demonstration, October 10, the security clampdown began with Delhi Police tightening security around Kejriwal’s residence.