Police detain CJP leaders after protesters breach barricades at Jantar Mantar
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New Delhi police detained several leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party after protesters entered the barricaded Jantar Mantar site on Tuesday, according to the group and video posted online by its founder, Abhijeet Dipke.
The footage showed protesters climbing over barricades, running into the site and waving India’s national flag before officers pursued and detained them. The CJP said those detained included Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde.
The action followed days of protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the cancellation of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The CJP and opposition groups allege that voters have been improperly removed to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. The Election Commission of India has denied wrongdoing, and the allegations have not been independently established.
Delhi Police said Monday that Jantar Mantar, a longstanding venue for demonstrations, was no longer an officially designated protest site and named three alternatives. Authorities had sealed the area and deployed a heavy police presence. Ahead of an October 10 protest call, mobile internet was suspended for 24 hours within four kilometres of the Janpath-Kartavya Path crossing, while metro and rail services faced closures or reductions.
A CJP representative claimed 10,000 people linked to the party and other organizations had been detained across India before the planned march. That figure was not independently verified.
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