Politics
Indian police detain 'cockroach' movement founder ahead of Delhi protest
October 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM · Updated 8h ago
5 reports · 1 in Arabic, 4 in English · over 17 hours
TGThe Guardian
India’s Cockroach Janta party leader detained amid crackdown on protests
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CNCNN
Indian police detain ‘cockroach’ movement founder ahead of protest, video shows
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
استنفار أمني في نيودلهي تحسبا لمظاهرات "الصراصير" ضد اللجنة الانتخابية
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AJAl Jazeera English
Indian police launch New Delhi clampdown for Cockroach Party rally
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BNBBC News
CJP, Abhijeet Dipke: India's 'cockroach' protesters set to return despite police crackdown
(opens the publisher’s site)Police detained the Cockroach Janta Party's founder in New Delhi on Friday, hours before a rally demanding the election chief's resignation.
- Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday ahead of the protest, live images from his group showed.
- Two CJP organisers, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were jailed for five days after entering the sealed Jantar Mantar site with the Indian flag.
- Dipke said he is not worried about possibly being jailed, urging supporters to raise the tricolour and protest wherever they are.
- The CJP demands election chief Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over the removal of 130 million voter names, which the commission says were duplicates, deceased or fraudulent.
- About 2,000 protesters gathered at Connaught Place despite the crackdown, with smaller protests in Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Patna.