International news agency Reuters, along with ZUMA Press Wire, is providing a harrowing minute-by-minute visual account of the chaos unfolding in New Delhi.

Thousands of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters, demanding the immediate resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged exam paper leaks, have clashed directly with heavy security forces. Members of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) in full riot gear have been heavily deployed around Jantar Mantar and Parliament routes.

Reuters correspondents on the ground report that police have resorted to caning (lathi-charge) to break the massive crowds. Striking photos of protesters moving barricades, and police officers monitoring CCTV feeds from mobile command vehicles, depict a capital city looking more like a heavily fortified warzone than a democratic hub.