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Delhi Magistrate Releases CJP Leaders After INR50,000 Bonds

By Drooid · Oct 21, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC · How we work

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Delhi Magistrate Releases Protesters

Delhi Executive Magistrate ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.
They were detained on October 13 after climbing the locked, denotified gates of Jantar Mantar.
Police said they breached peace bonds of INR50,000 each signed after an October 10 airport arrest.
The magistrate released them after accepting INR50,000 bonds, pledging they will not protest at Jantar Mantar until denotification.

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Dipke Detained Rally

Founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained on Friday for organizing a rally supporting jailed CJP leaders.
He was released on Saturday, vowing arrests would not intimidate the movement.
CJP began as a satire in May after a judge called unemployed youth “cockroaches”.
CJP protests forced the resignation of Modi’s education minister during summer demonstrations.
Protesters allege Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s voter-roll revision removed over 130 million names.

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Delhi Magistrate Releases Protesters

Delhi Executive Magistrate ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.
They were detained on October 13 after climbing the locked, denotified gates of Jantar Mantar.
Police said they breached peace bonds of INR50,000 each signed after an October 10 airport arrest.
The magistrate released them after accepting INR50,000 bonds, pledging they will not protest at Jantar Mantar until denotification.

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