India, Dec. 2 -- The students involved in the clashes during an anti-pollution protest at India Gate on November 23 allegedly coordinated through five WhatsApp groups where purported messages supporting Naxal leader Madvi Hidma were shared, the Delhi Police told a city court on Monday.

The submissions were made before judicial magistrate first class Aridaman Singh Cheema during hearings on the bail pleas of six accused students. In a supplementary response, police listed five WhatsApp groups - Coordination Group for Protest 23rd, DU Against Air Pollution, SFS Air Pollution Protest, bsCEM, and Himkhand Announcements - stating that all the accused were members and some served as administrators.

The prosecution claimed that one chat allege...