A Delhi magistrate remanded CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to five days of judicial custody. The order cited peace bond violations, protest calls and attempts to mobilise people at Jantar Mantar, which is now denotified as a protest site.

CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka denied bail, sent to five-day judicial custody over trespass and related charges in Delhi.

Abhijeet Dipke called for tricolour gatherings after two CJP members were remanded to Tihar Jail. The appeal casts their detention as a test of protest rights and national pride.

The detentions on Tuesday (Oct 13) came after Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders entered Jantar Mantar, an iconic site for demonstrations that police had removed from New Delhi's list of designated protest venues a day earlier.

The leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were detained on Tuesday (Oct 13) for entering Jantar Mantar.

A video shared by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke showed volunteers carrying flags as they climbed over the gate to enter the area. The protesters raised slogans, including “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Inquilab Zindabaad”, as police personnel attempted to stop them.

Two leaders of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement have been sentenced by a local court to five days in jail after climbing barricades to protest in New Delhi.

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde were produced before the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) on Wednesday. The magistrate ordered Das and Ranka to remain in judicial custody for five days, while Shinde was permitted to leave.

Actor Prakash Raj launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government over the Jantar Mantar crackdown during the anti-CEC protest. He questioned the preventive arrests of CJP members Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, as well as the alleged police mistreatment of protesters.

Delhi Police designated CBD Ground as a protest venue despite waste, tall grass and inadequate facilities. Its condition, booking costs and existing occupancy raise questions as courts examine the right to peaceful protest.

Rahul Gandhi condemned the judicial custody of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka as an “act of cowardice” after their detention for allegedly trespassing at Jantar Mantar during a protest against the ECI over alleged SIR irregularities.