Photos: Thousands detained in police crackdown on India’s youth protest

Three leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party, an Indian youth movement, were released from detention on Sunday, a day after they were arrested ahead of planned protests against a controversial revision of voter lists. The protesters are pushing for the resignation of the country's election chief.

Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were freed on condition that they refrain from any breaches of peace for a year. However, it remains unclear what this condition entails and whether it would limit their ability to engage in future demonstrations.

The leaders were apprehended by police who boarded their flight from Mumbai to New Delhi, where they were preparing to lead a protest in the capital. Since then, authorities have intensified security measures in the city, detaining over 2,000 protesters, including several opposition lawmakers. Train services to Delhi were halted, metro stations were shut down, and mobile internet access was restricted in certain parts of the city.

Upon his release, Dipke expressed his disappointment, labeling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "an embarrassment to India." He took to social media, writing, "Never has this country seen a bigger coward and bully."