India news: 'Cockroach' leaders sent to judicial custody amid protest crackdown
Three of India's Cockroach movement leaders will spend five days in jail over charges of trespassing into what was until recently a designated protest site. In other news, Marco Rubio is set to visit India. DW has more.
India's Cockroach movement leaders are in judicial custody following a protest crackdown. Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, co-conveners of the group, were charged with trespassing, violating prohibitory orders, breaching a peace bond, and obstructing a public servant. The charges stem from their alleged entry into Jantar Mantar grounds, a designated protest site, without police barricades.
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, stated that Das and Ranka were sent to five days of judicial custody for raising the tricolor at Jantar Mantar. Meanwhile, organizer Ajinkya Shinde was released after questioning the grounds for their five-day custody, alleging false claims by the police.
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