India protest live: ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi in lockdown

Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke and party spokespersons Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained at Delhi airport upon their arrival on Saturday, according to videos posted by the group. The videos show police officers entering the plane before passengers deboarded. Dipke, Das and Ranka had traveled to Delhi to participate in a protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and a special intensive revision exercise.

A Delhi police official confirmed the detentions, stating that southwest district police teams were deployed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The CJP strongly condemned the detentions, calling them an "authoritarian" violation of freedom of movement. Ratna Singh, CJP's legal affairs head, was also detained earlier on Saturday.

One video showed police entering the plane through a staircase passage, as Dipke stated, "We had just landed, but police officers are now trying to pick us up from the aircraft itself."