# Indian court orders release of two leaders of Cockroach movement

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-21T15:26:25+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/india-cockroach-movement-leaders-released-protests-government-crackdown
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/indian-court-orders-release-of-two-leaders-of-cockroach-movement-cbabb4/

Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka spent a week in jail after defying restrictions on protests in Delhi amid government crackdown An Indian court has ordered the release of two leaders of India’s Cockroach movement who were jailed last week amid a mounting state crackdown on youth-led protests. The two leaders of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) movement, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, had spent a week

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