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India 'cockroach' leaders detained after entering barricaded protest site
The party said about 20 volunteers breached barricades and were detained after waving the national flag and chanting slogans at the site.
- On Wednesday, Delhi Police sent Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five days of judicial custody after they were detained Tuesday for entering the denotified Jantar Mantar protest site.
- Jantar Mantar was denotified as a protest site on Monday, October 12, following a Ministry of Home Affairs committee recommendation, as CJP activists demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over the removal of 130 million names from electoral rolls.
- Video footage shared by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke showed about a dozen volunteers clambering over barricades on Tuesday, waving the national flag and chanting slogans demanding Kumar's resignation before police detained them.
- Advocate Abhisht Hela, representing the detained leaders, alleged the five-day custody order relied on police presumption of future crime and that authorities misused a separate Connaught Place complaint to secure detention.
- CJP founder Dipke challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "officially declare an Emergency" if determined to crush dissent, vowing the movement would continue its campaign against alleged electoral irregularities despite security clampdowns.
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The Independent (US)Two ‘cockroach’ leaders detained for five days for trespassing at Delhi protest site
This came a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief's resignation
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A few days after they were last detained, two leaders of the Indian Cockroach Movement have been imprisoned.
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Court orders 5-day judicial custody to CJP’s Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka
Delhi Police placed three leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party into preventive custody on Wednesday morning. Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde were detained after attempting to enter Jantar Mantar. A case was registered against them for trespassing and obstructing public officials, among other charges. CJP leader Ratna Singh claimed the detained leaders were denied access to their lawyers initially.
·Mumbai, India
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