# India’s ‘Cockroach’ youth leaders jailed after protest over mass voter-list purge

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- The Associated Press, 2026-10-14 13:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-aIZgzz98

> Two leaders of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement were remanded to five days of judicial custody after a protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, the group said. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were among those detained while demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.

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