India detains Cockroach movement leaders ahead of Delhi election protest
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Indian authorities detained the founder of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party and other senior figures on Saturday as security forces blocked a planned protest in New Delhi over revisions to electoral rolls.
The group said founder Abhijeet Dipke and leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after their flight from Mumbai landed in the capital. Student activist Neha Bora and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal were also reported detained. Estimates varied: the BBC and several other outlets reported hundreds of detentions, while RTÉ cited a Home Ministry official saying more than 2,000 people were held in Delhi. The Guardian reported detentions nationwide in the tens of thousands.
Authorities deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel, barricaded roads and sealed off Jantar Mantar after police denied permission for the demonstration. RTÉ reported that mobile internet service was suspended in central Delhi and that some metro stations and markets were closed. Smaller protests occurred elsewhere in the city and in other parts of India.
The movement is demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging that an electoral-roll revision wrongly removed voters and favored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. The Election Commission says the update is intended to remove dead, duplicate or ineligible voters, while both the commission and BJP deny manipulation allegations.
The UN human rights office expressed concern about reported mass detentions and called for the release of people it described as arbitrarily detained. Movement leaders said protests would continue.
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