India news Live Updates, 22 October 2026: CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, Ajinkya Shinde summoned by Delhi Crime Branch today

Delhi Police Crime Branch summons CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde today following the takeover of Jantar Mantar trespass cases.

In a major development in the ongoing investigation into protests at Jantar Mantar, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has summoned Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde to appear for questioning today. The Special Executive Magistrate’s court at Mandir Marg ordered the release of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Das and Ranka from judicial custody on October 21 after they furnished personal and surety bonds of Rs 50,000 and submitted written undertakings to maintain peace and abide by the law. The court directed them not to call for protests at Jantar Mantar until the site is denotified in accordance with the law. It also said any future protests must be held within the framework of the Constitution.

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Oct 22, 2026 10:13 AM IST
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Oct 22, 2026 09:57 AM IST
Keralam: Mother arrested nearly 3 years after baby girl’s alleged murder for crying at night

Police in Keralam have arrested a 38-year-old woman nearly three years after her eight-month-old daughter was allegedly killed and her body dumped in a marsh in Pathanamthitta district in August 2023. Manju, the third accused in the case, was arrested by a special investigation team led by Thiruvalla Deputy Superintendent of Police P R Santhosh, officials said on Wednesday. She was produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody. According to police, Manju had left her husband following a dispute and travelled to Alappuzha with her daughter in 2023. She later met a man named Sivan, who offered to look after them. Police alleged that Sivan killed the baby after becoming angry when she cried at night. He and Manju then allegedly called Sivan’s younger brother, Shakthi, and the three dumped the child’s body in a marsh at Valanjavattom on August 12, 2023. The case came to light after Manju returned to her colony in Palakkad without the child and could not explain her whereabouts when questioned by a local colony promoter, who alerted the police.

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Oct 22, 2026 09:48 AM IST
Delhi Police summons CJP leaders Das, Ranka to Crime Branch office

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has summoned Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to its Rajouri Garden office on Thursday. The summons comes a day after a Special Executive Magistrate’s court ordered their release from judicial custody after they furnished Rs 50,000 bonds each and gave written undertakings to maintain peace and abide by the law.

The two were detained over an October 13 protest at Jantar Mantar, which had been denotified as a designated protest site. The court has barred them from calling for protests there until the site is denotified in accordance with the law. The enquiry will continue, with the next hearing scheduled for October 23.

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