{
  "id": 13350467,
  "title": "India’s ‘cockroach’ movement chief detained ahead of major protest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-movement-chief-detained-ahead-of-major-protest",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T06:35:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-movement-chief-detained-ahead-of-major-protest/238567"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indian police detained Abhijeet Dipke, the head of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, and two other leaders before they disembarked from a flight in New Delhi. According to the CJP, the detentions occurred ahead of a planned major protest against the Election Commission.\n\nThe CJP had called for mass demonstrations in the capital, demanding the resignation of the country's election chief over alleged voter-roll irregularities. The protests are the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter-roll revision.\n\nThousands of police were deployed in New Delhi, and transportation in and around the city was restricted ahead of the demonstrations. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected allegations of impropriety, stating that the \"special intensive revision\" was intended to remove duplicate and ineligible voters, as reported by Dawn.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement chief detained ahead of major protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-movement-chief-detained-ahead-of-major-protest-13354656",
        "published": "2026-10-10T06:37:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement chief detained ahead of major protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-movement-chief-detained-ahead-of-major-protest-13351929",
        "published": "2026-10-10T06:45:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "India's 'Cockroach' movement founder detained along with scores of protesters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-movement-founder-detained-along-with-scores-of",
        "published": "2026-10-10T06:57:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "India’s Cockroach Party founder, top leaders detained ahead of protest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-party-founder-top-leaders-detained-ahead-of-protest",
        "published": "2026-10-10T07:13:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Egypt Independent",
        "title": "Founder of India’s Gen-Z ‘Cockroach’ movement detained ahead of planned protest, party says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/founder-of-indias-gen-z-cockroach-movement-detained-ahead-of-planned",
        "published": "2026-10-10T07:39:05.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}