Delhi braces for more protests as 'cockroach' group's leaders released
The leaders were released on a Rs 50,000 bond after a court said they must maintain peace and good behavior for one year.
- On Sunday, October 11, 2026, an executive magistrate court ordered the release of three Cockroach Janta Party leaders, including founder Abhijeet Dipke, after their detention on Saturday.
- The group had been detained while arriving in New Delhi to lead protests against the Election Commission of India over nationwide voter-roll revisions that critics allege removed more than 133 million names.
- Authorities deployed thousands of security personnel and barricaded roads on Saturday to thwart the demonstration, shutting at least 45 metro stations and canceling major train services across the capital.
- Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi condemned the government's actions, vowing that his Congress party and the country's youth will "once again take to the streets in large numbers" on Monday.
- The CJP emerged in May after Chief Justice Surya Kant likened jobless youth to "cockroaches," sparking a movement that now demands electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
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India’s ‘Cockroach’ protest movement leaders freed from detention
NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party, an Indian youth movement, were released Sunday, a day after they were detained ahead of protests against a contentious revision of voter lists. The movement is demanding the resignation of…
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India's 'Cockroach' protest movement leaders freed from detention
NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party, an Indian youth movement, were released Sunday, a day after they were detained ahead of protests against a contentious revision of voter lists. The movement is demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief.
Abhijit Dipke, Saurav Das & Ashutosh Ranka released on 50K surety; Condition to maintain peace & good behaviour imposed
NEW DELHI: A Delhi Executive Magistrate court on October 11, Sunday ordered the release of three CJP leaders, Abhijit Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were taken into preventive custody by Delhi Police ahead of a protest against Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. However, the release comes with certain pre-conditions in view of ensuring law & public order. The three have been directed not to indulge in any activity that may…
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El Periódico
The leader of the Indian Cucarachas Party (CJP) movement Abhijeet Dipke, arrested this Saturday on a plane during his trip to New Dehli to lead the protests called against the authorities of the country, has been released this Sunday by a local court along with the other two training militants arrested "preventively" the eve in an act that the CJP called "authoritarian" and destined to prevent the organization of a peaceful protest.Keep reading.…
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