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Police jail CJP leaders for five days over trespass

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC · How we work

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Police Jail CJP Leaders

Police jailed CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka for five days after trespassing at Jantar Mantar.
Police de-notified the site on October 12 and listed three alternative demonstration venues.
Human Rights Watch urged India to stop arbitrary arrests and protect peaceful protest rights.
Critics say the 2025-2026 electoral-roll revision removed over 130 million names, disproportionately affecting Muslim minorities.

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Ratna Singh Releases Leaders

Ratna Singh, legal director of the Cockroach Janta Party, announced leaders' release after a one-year peace pledge.
Founder Abhijeet Dipke said the movement will keep peaceful protests despite the pledge.
Protests forced the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s education minister in July.
Police used vans and buses to move thousands of detained demonstrators on Saturday and Sunday.

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Historical Context

In June 1975 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi invoked Article 352, beginning a 21-month Emergency that suspended civil liberties and saw over 100,000 opponents detained. The Janata Party’s 1977 victory rolled back many emergency amendments, yet recent de-notification of Jantar Mantar and arrests of activists echo the earlier nationwide crackdown on dissent.

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Police Jail CJP Leaders

Police jailed CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka for five days after trespassing at Jantar Mantar.
Police de-notified the site on October 12 and listed three alternative demonstration venues.
Human Rights Watch urged India to stop arbitrary arrests and protect peaceful protest rights.
Critics say the 2025-2026 electoral-roll revision removed over 130 million names, disproportionately affecting Muslim minorities.

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