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  "id": 14399282,
  "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party and police say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-in-jail-for-five-days-14399282",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T08:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261014/indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-in-jail-for-five-days-party-and-police-say"
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  "summary": "The Indian court has ordered the detention of two leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in jail for five days, according to both the party and police reports. The detentions occurred a day after the leaders scaled barricades to enter Jantar Mantar, a historic site often used for protests, and chanted slogans demanding the resignation of the election chief. The incident has the potential to spark further protests by youth supporters, particularly as opposition groups and student bodies continue to hold nearly daily demonstrations calling for the resignation of Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over voter list revisions that they claim favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission has denied any favoritism towards any party and stated that wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol, while the BJP has accused its rivals of attempting to undermine democracy by questioning the legitimacy of electoral processes. The CJP leaders involved in the incident, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were among a dozen individuals who jumped barricades on Tuesday to enter the Jantar Mantar open air observatory in Delhi's central business district. Police have stated that the situation remains under control.",
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-in-jail-for-five-days",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:28:43.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party and police say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-in-jail-for-five-days-14395650",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:47:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained for five days",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-for-five-days",
        "published": "2026-10-14T08:51:08.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Across the border, India’s ‘cockroach’ movement draws young Pakistani interest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/across-the-border-indias-cockroach-movement-draws-young-pakistani",
        "published": "2026-10-14T09:15:36.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "India’s ‘cockroach’ movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party and police say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-in-jail-for-five-days-14416877",
        "published": "2026-10-14T09:50:56.000Z"
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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."
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