India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders detained; New Delhi in lockdown
Indian police crackdown appears to have prevented mass protests against the country’s election chief from taking place.
Police in India’s capital New Delhi have detained more than 1,000 protesters, opposition politicians, journalists, student union leaders, lawyers and the founders of the “Cockroach” youth movement in an effort to quash their demonstration demanding t... [6159 chars]
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- Section
- Politics
- Topics
- Elections, Crime & safety
- Places
- Delhi
- First reported by
- Al Jazeera
- Published
- Saturday, 10 October 2026, 6:30 pm IST
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- One outlet so far
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