Live: CJP's Saurav Das, Ranka, Shinde under preventive arrest, court appearance today

Anti-ECI Protest Live: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde have been placed under preventive arrest in connection with a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, where they entered the area without authorisation and raised slogans demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. The three were detained early Tuesday after allegedly breaching barricades and entering the protest site, which was recently denotified as a designated venue for demonstrations. Police have registered a case against them on charges including trespassing, violation of prohibitory orders, breach of a peace bond and obstructing a public servant from discharging official duties, sources said. The three are likely to be produced before the Special Court of the Executive Magistrate (SEM) later on Wednesday morning, sources said. In a post on X, CJP leader Ratna Singh said the three were brought to Parliament Street Police Station at 3 am and were not allowed to meet their lawyers. She also said they could face judicial custody in Tihar Jail. Ranka and Das had signed a bond to maintain peace for a year after being detained during an earlier protest in the national capital on October 10. The arrests come amid heightened security in Delhi following a series of protests by the CJP and other organisations against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

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Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde have been placed under preventive arrest.

Ratna Singh, head of the CJP's legal team, called the arrests of Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde illegal, arguing that the sections invoked against them were irrelevant as no such crime had taken place.

STORY | Das, Ranka, Shinde under preventive arrest for trespassing into Jantar Mantar: Officials Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde have been put under preventive arrest for allegedly entering the Jantar Mantar area without authorisation, officials said on Wednesday. READ: https://t.co/idzoK1e3St VIDEO: #CJP #JantarMantar #DelhiPolice (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

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An FIR has been filed against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) members Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde at Delhi's Connaught Place police station, their lawyers said, adding that they had not received a copy of the FIR yet.

CJP founder Abhijit Dipke shared a photo of Ajinkya Shinde, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das inside Delhi's Parliament Street Police Station, saying their "spirits remained high" despite being placed under preventive arrest. Dipke also noted that it was Ranka's birthday today and claimed that he had been in detention since morning without access to his lawyers.

CJP leader Ratna Singh has confirmed that Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde were placed under preventive arrest at the Parliament Street Police Station in connection with sneaking into Jantar Mantar yesterday. They face charges including trespassing, bond violation and obstructing a public servant from discharging official duties. In a post on X, Singh claimed that the three were brought to the police station in a private van at 3 am and were not allowed to meet their lawyers, adding that they could face judicial custody in Tihar Jail.

In a subsequent update at 5.38 am, Singh said she had been informed that the three leaders were likely to be produced before the Special Court of the Executive Magistrate (SEM) at Mandir Marg Police Station within an hour.