# India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi locked down

https://mins.news/en/item/94479

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-10 12:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-leaders-detained-new-delhi-in-lockdown?traffic_source=rss

> Indian police detained more than 1,000 people, including opposition figures and founders of the Cockroach Janta Party, in an apparent effort to stop a protest demanding the election chief’s resignation. New Delhi was heavily policed, with the protest site sealed, mobile internet suspended, trains cancelled and metro stations and markets shut.

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