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India's 'cockroach' movement founder released from police custody

Dawn17 October 2026, 15:27 UTCIndia

India’s Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention on Saturday, a day after he was detained during a police crackdown on protests against the election authority. Dipke, 31, was detained on Friday in New Delhi as he headed to join a rally that the CJP protest movement had called in the capital’s central Connaught Place district. He was arrested to prevent a breach of the peace, broadcasters NDTV and India Today reported. He walked out of a police station on Saturday afternoon, waving to the media and giving a thumbs up as he was driven away, an AFP photogra

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