# India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders freed after a week in jail

https://mins.news/en/item/110050

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-21 19:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/21/indias-cockroach-leaders-free-after-a-week-in-jail?traffic_source=rss

> Two senior leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were released after spending a week in prison. They had been jailed for protesting alleged voter-list fraud and demanding the election chief resign at a prohibited protest site in New Delhi.

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