Founder of India’s Cockroach movement released after Delhi protest detention
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Abhijeet Dipke, founder of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), was released from police custody on Saturday, a day after being detained while heading to a protest in New Delhi’s Connaught Place district.
Police had closed Central Park, the rally’s planned venue, and deployed thousands of police and paramilitary personnel across the area. Despite the restrictions, hundreds of demonstrators gathered nearby, waving Indian flags and demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Broadcasters NDTV and India Today reported that Dipke, 31, was detained to prevent a breach of the peace. Student activist Neha Bora, who was also detained while trying to reach central Delhi with supporters, was released Saturday.
The CJP and opposition groups accuse the Election Commission of revising voter rolls to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. More than 130 million names were removed during the revision. The commission denies favouring any party, says the changes targeted duplicate, deceased and fraudulent entries, and maintains that eligible voters removed in error can re-enrol. The BJP says its opponents are undermining legitimate electoral processes.
Two other senior CJP leaders, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, remain in custody after entering Jantar Mantar, a longstanding protest site that police recently declared off-limits. They were remanded for five days over alleged attempts to disturb public order and violate restrictions. Friday’s rally was partly organized to demand their release.
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