Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, two senior leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party, have been released after spending a week in prison. They were detained for protesting alleged irregularities in voter lists and calling for the election commissioner’s resignation while demonstrating at a prohibited protest site in New Delhi.
Published On 21 Oct 2026
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