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Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) speaks during an interview at his home in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
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India's 'Cockroach' Protest Leader Freed From Detention, Lawyer Says

Abhijeet Dipke, leader of India's 'cockroach' protest movement, was released from detention with two other senior leaders on Sunday, according to his lawyer.

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NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Reuters) - India's "cockroach" protest movement leader Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention with two other senior leaders on Sunday, a lawyer for Dipke said in a post on X.

India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke is detained by police officers from an aircraft in New Delhi, India, October 10, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Cockroach Janta Party via X/Handout via REUTERS THIS I
India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke is detained by police officers from an aircraft in New Delhi, India, October 10, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. Cockroach Janta Party via X/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT. Verification Lines: Date and location verified by local media reports and a statement from the Cockroach Janta Party. Multiple people seen in the video are visible in other corroborating visuals of the arrest. Cockroach Janta Party in a statement on Saturday (October 10) said Police in the Indian capital Delhi detained their founder Abhijeet Dipke, ahead of a protest called by the youth movement. REUTERS/Cockroach Janta Party via X

(Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by William Mallard)

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