Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, was arrested at Delhi airport after arriving from Mumbai, along with party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, ahead of a protest against India's electoral commission that authorities had banned.
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The Cockroach Janta Party planned a protest against India's electoral commission, which authorities subsequently banned.
The founder of the Cockroach Janta Party has been arrested ahead of a protest against India's electoral commission.
TV channels reported earlier that police officers met founder Abhijeet Dipke at the Delhi airport after he arrived from the financial capital Mumbai and asked him to call off the protest as authorities had banned it.
Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were also detained from their flight upon landing, the movement said in a statement.
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The detained party leaders will be produced before a court for a bail hearing.
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