The Delhi Police acknowledged that the truck had been seized on July 16 in connection with the case. However, it stated that “claims alleging that [the truck] was deliberately deployed by Delhi Police near Jantar Mantar…are false and misleading ”. Truck loaded with stones have been parked at Jantar Mantar. A first information report was registered in the crash and the truck had been in the custody of the Parliament Street police station. It added that the vehicle had initially been parked near the Parliament Street police station “for safe custody due to space constraints”.