India court orders release of 'Cockroach' movement leaders
Leaders of the youth-led protest movement had been detained ahead of a large protest in Delhi demanding India's election commissioner step down. Fresh protests have been called. Follow DW.
On Sunday, October 11, India's top court ordered the release of leadership from the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), a youth-led protest movement. The movement had called for a demonstration in New Delhi against the alleged manipulation of voter lists. Authorities had detained the CJP founders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka, as well as other leaders, on Saturday evening.
The court had previously ruled that metro stations should not be completely closed during the protest, but protesters were still held in detention for nearly 24 hours. The exact number of protesters detained during the demonstration remained unclear, but the Hindu newspaper reported that 2,500 people were arrested in Delhi, along with an additional 1,000 individuals who were detained earlier in the week.
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