Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde were placed under preventive arrest for trespassing at Jantar Mantar and booked on charges including bond violation and disruption of a public official’s duty.
In a post on X, CJP legal team head Ratna Singh said, “Delhi Police arrests Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde at Parliament Street Police Station in today’s Jantar Mantar case. Despite these illegal actions, their spirits are high.”Ranka and Das had also signed a one-year peace bond after being detained during an earlier protest in the national capital on Saturday. The three were detained early Tuesday after crossing police barricades, entering Jantar Mantar and raising slogans demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar . Trespass, bond violation, obstruction of public official’s duty, etc. A possibility of Judicial Custody (JC) in the Tihar Jail is possible. They were not allowed to meet their lawyers till late at night. The order also removed Jantar Mantar from the list of approved protest sites.
Singh also said that the three were not allowed to meet their lawyers till late at night and were brought to Parliament Street Police Station at 3:00 am in a private van. They were brought to Parliament Street PS at 3 AM in a private van. On October 11, Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar issued an order naming Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground as designated venues for protests and demonstrations.
She added, “They’ll be produced before the SCM Court in the morning.
