15 October,2026 08:50 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka waves the national flag at Jantar Mantar before being detained. Pics/PTI
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were remanded to five days' judicial custody on Wednesday for allegedly trespassing into a private property to reach Jantar Mantar, a denotified protest site, and violating bonds requiring them to maintain peace, police said.
They were detained with 11 other protesters on Tuesday, who raised slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, and erected a national flag there.
Their associate Ajinkya Shinde was bound down to maintain peace and good behaviour for six months and released on a personal bond and a surety of Rs 5000, they said.
According to police, Das and Ranka were sent to Tihar jail for five days after the Special Executive Magistrate considered the kalandra (preventive police report) details, their repeated violation of law, and serious apprehension that if released on bail, they would violate the law again and instigate others. Reacting to the development, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke slammed the government for crushing dissent. In an X post, he said, "Ashu and Saurav have been sent to five days'' judicial custody. Their fault? Unfurling the Tricolour at Jantar Mantar."
He further said, "Show some guts, @narendramodi. If you're so determined to crush dissent, have the courage to officially declare an Emergency instead of hiding behind these cowardly tactics."
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