{
  "id": 14416877,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:50:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-14-indias-cockroach-movement-leaders-detained-in-jail-for-five-days-party-and-police-say/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been jailed for five days after entering a historic site to chant slogans demanding the resignation of the election chief. The detentions come amid a wave of protests led by the party, which is challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over voter list revisions. The party denies any wrongdoing, while the BJP accuses opponents of attempting to undermine the electoral process.",
  "summary": "An Indian court ordered that two leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) be detained in jail for five days, the party and police said on Wednesday, a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief's resignation.",
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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"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "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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  "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."
}