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News18•10-10-2026, 11:00
Cockroach Janta Party Alleges Illegal Detention of Legal Team Head Ratna Singh
  • •The Cockroach Janta Party stated that its legal team head Ratna Singh and three other lawyers were detained by police in New Delhi.
  • •According to the party, the police detained the four individuals without providing any official notice or grounds for the action.
  • •Singh claimed from inside her car that police officers told her they were acting on orders from above.
  • •The detention occurs amid heightened security and restrictions in New Delhi ahead of the CJP's Jantar Mantar 2.0 protest.
  • •The upcoming protest demands the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over allegations related to voter list preparation.
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Key Questions Answered

Ratna Singh and three other lawyers were detained by the police without any official notice or revealed grounds for the action as security heightened ahead of the CJP protest.

The CJP protest demands the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who faces allegations of subverting the process for preparing voter lists.

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained by the Delhi Police at his Gurugram residence in Sector 56 after traveling to Delhi to participate in the CJP protest.

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