# New Delhi locked down as police crack down on protests and detain Cockroach Party founder

https://mins.news/en/video/94486

- CNA, 2026-10-10 13:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBSrAoYByQ

> Parts of New Delhi are under lockdown as authorities mount a sweeping security operation to stop a demonstration they describe as illegal. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led movement is demanding the election chief’s resignation. Police detained the party’s leader after escorting him off a plane from Mumbai; his whereabouts and those of two other detained CJP leaders are unknown.

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