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Delhi police seal city to stop Cockroach Janta Party protest
Police detained thousands and shut central Delhi on Saturday to stop a protest against the election chief. The party's three top leaders were held on landing and freed by a court on Sunday. The UN human rights office voiced concern.
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Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and two other leaders were detained on their flight when it landed in Delhi from Mumbai on Saturday 10 October.
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At least 2,000 people were detained in Delhi on Saturday to thwart the protest, according to Reuters.
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The UN human rights office expressed concern over mass detentions before and during the protests and urged India to respect the right to peaceful assembly.
Leaders held on landing
Police in Delhi detained the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, and two other leaders on their flight when it landed from Mumbai on Saturday 10 October. The CJP is a youth-led political movement. News18 named the other two leaders as Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, and said they were taken from the plane at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. AFP said they were held before they could disembark.
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