{
  "id": 14340120,
  "title": "CJP legal head says Delhi Police arrested Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka in Jantar Mantar case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/cjp-legal-head-says-delhi-police-arrested-saurav-das-ashutosh-ranka",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T01:19:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cjp-anto-cec-protest-jantar-mantar-case-saurav-das-ashutosh-ranka-rrest-update/article71582061.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has claimed that its leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, along with another member, were arrested by the Delhi Police on October 14, 2026, during the Jantar Mantar protest. Ratna Singh, the CJP legal head, alleged that the trio, along with Ajinkya Shinde, were arrested at Parliament Street Police Station on charges that include trespass, bond violation, and obstruction of a public official's duty. The arrests came after the activists entered the protest site without authorization, despite it being denotified as a designated protest area. Singh reported that the three leaders were likely to be produced before the Sub-Divisional Executive Magistrate (SEM) at Mandir Marg Police Station within an hour, and they were not permitted to meet their lawyers until late at night. Their spirits, however, remained high.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "CJP lawyer claims Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka arrested after Jantar Mantar breach, Delhi Police calls it preventive",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/cjp-lawyer-claims-saurav-das-ashutosh-ranka-arrested-after-jantar",
        "published": "2026-10-14T00:37:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "CJP’s Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka put under preventive arrest for entering Jantar Mantar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/cjps-saurav-das-ashutosh-ranka-put-under-preventive-arrest-for",
        "published": "2026-10-14T01:23:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "[UPDATED] Police to send team to Japan after five Malaysians arrested over 5kg cocaine hidden in shoe insoles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/updated-police-to-send-team-to-japan-after-five-malaysians-arrested",
        "published": "2026-10-14T01:29:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}