CJP protest: India 'cockroach' leaders who called on election chief to quit are freed from jail

Two leaders of the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, have been released from jail after spending a week behind bars for trespassing at a banned protest site in Delhi. They were freed hours after a magistrate ordered their release following their arrest for crossing barricades and climbing over a locked gate at Jantar Mantar, a historic venue recently removed from the list of designated protest sites.

The two men had been detained by police after they attempted to protest against India's Chief Election Commissioner, calling for his resignation. Critics allege that the Election Commission has manipulated voter rolls to favor the ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a claim that the commission has denied.