{"id":"9e569c97-8fe6-485a-ac8a-f83280e02d31","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/11/asia-pacific/politics/cockroach-members-released/","domain":"japantimes.co.jp","outlet":{"name":"The Japan Times","country":"JP","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"India releases ‘cockroach’ leaders as movement calls for more protests","plainHeadline":"India releases leaders of the cockroach movement amid protests","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Leaders of the youth-led cockroach movement were released Sunday, according to their lawyer.","They were detained to thwart a major protest against the election commissioner.","Thousands of protesters were detained before Saturday’s planned demonstration in New Delhi.","The rally aimed to mobilize opposition over alleged misconduct in voter roll revisions.","Demonstrators demanded the resignation of the head of the Election Commission of India."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T08:27:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-11T09:25:24.875Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/2d53edc8-ccb8-4e6f-8b5c-91de3a5b01cd","storyId":"2d53edc8-ccb8-4e6f-8b5c-91de3a5b01cd","image":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2026/10/11/567959.jpg","author":"No Author","dek":"Sweeping security restrictions have underscored tensions facing Narendra Modi's government as it confronts a sustained wave of youth-led dissent."}