India’s CJP leaders freed on bail

India's anti-government Cockroach youth movement leaders have been released on bail after their detention on Saturday. The founder and two key activists of the movement, Abhijeet Dipke and his associates, were arrested ahead of planned protests against electoral roll revisions. A New Delhi court granted bail to the activists, setting it at 50,000 rupees (approximately $516).

Dipke, who established the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in May, was among those taken into custody. The authorities justified the arrest as a precaution, stating that the rally lacked authorization. The student organization was among the groups calling for the demonstration. Thousands of mostly young people were detained during the subsequent protests, with numbers ranging from over 3,000 to up to 7,000 according to Indian media reports.