India’s ‘cockroach’ movement chief detained ahead of major protest: party

NEW DELHI: Indian police detained on Saturday Abhijeet Dipke, head of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, ahead of a major protest against the Election Commission, the party said. Dipke and two other leaders were detained before disembarking from a flight in the capital New Delhi, where the demonstration was due to take place, the CJP said in a social media post. Central Delhi was sealed on Saturday, with thousands of police and paramilitaries on patrol, metro stations shut, mobi