Cockroach Janta Party leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde have been arrested by the Delhi Police for trespassing on Jantar Mantar, the political campaign’s legal affairs head Ratna Singh said.
The three leaders and several members of the campaign had been detained on Tuesday after they “sneaked into” Jantar Mantar to protest the authorities’ decision to denotify the area as a designated protest site.
Ranka, Das and Shinde have also been accused of violating a bond and obstructing a public official’s duty, Singh said.
On Sunday, a day after Ranka, Das and Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke were detained from inside an aircraft after it landed in Delhi ahead of a protest demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, an executive magistrate court had ordered their release on the condition that they maintain peace and do not breach it for one year.
The Cockroach Janta Party leaders will be produced before a magistrate on Wednesday morning, the campaign said.
“A possibility of judicial custody in the Tihar jail is possible,” Singh said. “They were not allowed to meet their lawyers till late at night. They were brought to Parliament Street police station at 3 am in a private van. Despite these illegal actions, their spirits are high.”
Singh accused the police of...