Saurav Das, chief spokesperson of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), and Ashutosh Ranka, CJP co-convenor, speak to the media after being released following a hearing before a Special Executive Magistrate, in New Delhi, India, October 21, 2026. REUTERS/Bhawika ChhabraImage source, Reuters
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Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have spent a week in jail after being accused of trespassing

ByAbhishek DeyBBC News
  • Published16 minutes ago

Two leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have been freed from jail a week after they were arrested for trespassing at a banned protest site in Delhi.

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka walked out of Tihar jail hours after a magistrate ordered their release. They had been detained by police and jailed after they crossed barricades and climbed over the locked gate at Jantar Mantar.