{"id":"fbe9e10e-b10b-4bcd-9af0-cbf3087a435b","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3370476/indias-cockroach-party-leaders-freed-election-chief-protests-mount","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"India’s cockroach party leaders freed as election chief protests mount","plainHeadline":"Three Cockroach Janta Party leaders released by a Delhi court.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["A New Delhi court ordered the release of Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.","The trio had been detained ahead of protests against the Election Commission of India.","Police detained more than 15,000 protesters, according to CJP leader Ajinkya Shinde.","Authorities deployed security measures, including metro closures and mobile internet shutdowns.","Protests accuse the ECI of misconduct in voter roll revision and call for Gyanesh Kumar to resign."],"topics":["Politics","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T05:19:50.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-11T05:24:16.707Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/462b02aa-a5ee-48e3-ab58-ba0e18bb0bfe","storyId":"462b02aa-a5ee-48e3-ab58-ba0e18bb0bfe","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/11/c2b5ebf9-2378-40c1-aeec-622b39ec455c_d9bc8360.jpg?itok=0h1A12qN&v=1791695978","author":"Agence France-Presse","dek":"A New Delhi court ordered on Sunday the release of three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), including its founder Abhijeet Dipke, their lawyer said, a day after they were detained."}