# India news: CJP alleges 'deliberate' delay in leaders' release

https://mins.news/en/item/105801

- DW, 2026-10-19 06:25 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/india-news-cjp-alleges-deliberate-delay-in-leaders-release/live-79695410?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were due to be released on Sunday, but their bail hearing was delayed after the special executive magistrate failed to appear and then recused himself, saying he had been threatened. A CJP official alleged deliberate delaying tactics to keep them in custody.

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