India’s ‘cockroach’ movement leaders detained in jail for five days, founder says

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Reuters) – An Indian court ordered that two leaders of the ‘cockroach’ youth movement be detained in jail for five days, the founder of the movement, Abhijeet Dipke, said on Wednesday, a day after they entered a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief’s resignation, violating a ban on demonstrations there.

(Reporting by Sakshi Dayal, editing by YP Rajesh)


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