Indian court orders release of two leaders of Cockroach movement
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#796X5)
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 in Delhi's Tihar jail after being arrested by Delhi police last week.
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