The Cockroach Janta Party has claimed that its co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have been arrested, following the Jantar Mantar breach on Tuesday morning.
Why were the CJP leaders arrested?
“They were not allowed to meet their lawyers till late at night. She later also posted a photograph of the three from Parliament Street Police Station. Ranka shared a video of the incident on his X handle, showing Das and him, along with outfit’s national organisation in-charge Ajinkya Shinde, climbing the locked gates and entering the venue before police personnel present there intervened and took hold of them. Ranka also displayed the Tricolour at the venue, before Delhi Police detained the CJP leaders.
CJP legal affairs head Ratna Singh, in an update early on Wednesday, said Das, Ranka and Shinde will likely be produced before a special executive magistrate (SEM) at Mandir Marg Police Station before 7 am. They were brought to Parliament Street PS at 3 AM in a private van,” Singh claimed.
However, the Delhi Police said they were placing the CJP leaders, including Ajinkya Shinde, “under preventive arrest”, ANI news agency reported. CJP’s Ratna Singh, in a post on X, said the Delhi Police had arrested Das, Ranka and Shinde in the breach case While the cops say the leaders are under preventive arrest. “Trespass, bond violation, obstruction of public official’s duty, etc,” Singh said about the charges on them. She had also claimed that there was a possibility of “judicial custody in Tihar Jail” after the CJP leaders were presented before the SCM court. “Despite these illegal actions, their spirits are high,” Singh added.
The Delhi Police had, on Tuesday evening, filed an FIR against Das, Ranka and Shinde for allegedly trespassing into the Jantar Mantar area without authorisation, PTI news agency cited officials as saying.
