{"id":"05b60f2e-f8e7-4f10-b16c-00f3c4cf5904","url":"https://www.dawn.com/news/2036366/indian-court-releases-cockroach-movement-leaders-from-detention","domain":"dawn.com","outlet":{"name":"Dawn","country":"PK","cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false,"owner":"Dawn Media Group"},"title":"Indian court releases 'cockroach' movement leaders from detention","plainHeadline":"Indian court releases Cockroach Janta Party leaders from detention","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Founder of Cockroach Janta Party and two leaders released by executive magistrate's court.","Detentions occurred to thwart a planned protest against the Election Commission.","Protesters aimed to demand resignation of the head of the Election Commission of India.","More than 133 million names reportedly removed from electoral lists during voter-roll revision.","Opposition leaders and the UN called for release and pledged continued protests."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T06:01:14.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-11T07:00:36.074Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/2d53edc8-ccb8-4e6f-8b5c-91de3a5b01cd","storyId":"2d53edc8-ccb8-4e6f-8b5c-91de3a5b01cd","image":"https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/10/11105714fbe3fe2.webp","author":"AFP","dek":"The founder of India’s youth-led online “cockroach” movement and two other leaders were released on Sunday, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner."}