Founder of India’s Gen-Z ‘Cockroach’ movement detained ahead of planned protest, party says
- Delhi Police denied the Cockroach Janta Party permission to hold an October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar, citing short notice, alleged violations during an earlier protest, and law-and-order concerns.
- Police detained founder Abhijeet Dipke and party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after their flight from Mumbai arrived in Delhi, while hundreds of other protesters were also detained.
- Authorities sealed Jantar Mantar, suspended mobile internet in central Delhi, and closed some metro stations and markets to prevent the planned gathering.
- The protest targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over voter-list revisions.
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A wave of arrests took place on Saturday in New Delhi to try to prevent the holding of a banned demonstration, in opposition to an electoral review accused of discriminating against minorities. Three leaders of the "cafard" movement were briefly arrested.
In Delhi, more than 2,000 protesters were detained, the Internet was restricted and the subway was closed. The participants demanded the resignation of the chairman of the Election Commission of India.
Indian police arrested the leader of the popular youth movement the 'cucarachas' along with thousands of protesters who were enlisting to protest.
Police arrested the leader of the youth movement “Cucarachas” and thousands of other protesters to neutralize a march for the adulteration of the patrons in favor of Narendra Modi’s nationalist government
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