Three Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde, were placed under…

Three Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders, Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde, were placed under preventive arrest on Tuesday after allegedly entering the Jantar Mantar protest area without permission and raising slogans demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Delhi Police have placed Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde under preventive arrest for allegedly trespassing into Jantar Mantar, a day after the site was removed from the list of designated protest locations. Officials said the three will be produced before the Special Executive Magistrate court at Mandir Marg on Thursday (15th October).What happened at Jantar Mantar?The three CJP leaders were detained early Tuesday morning after they entered Jantar Mantar, which has now been denotified as a venue for demonstrations, and raised slogans demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.A group of around 14 party members allegedly used a narrow lane to reach the JD(U) office premises adjacent to Jantar Mantar and climbed over its locked boundary wall to access the protest site. Security personnel deployed at the barricades detained them soon after they entered the premises. Police said the leaders were taken to Jafarpur Kalan police station, where a case was registered over the alleged unauthorised entry.MUST READ: CJP protest: Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das & Ashutosh Ranka released under this one conditionAllegations Against The LeadersThe Delhi Police described the action as a preventive arrest, saying it was taken to prevent a possible breach of peace after the three leaders entered the restricted protest venue. Officials said allegations include trespassing, violation of earlier bond conditions and obstruction of public servants.Preventive arrest allows police to detain a person without a warrant to prevent a cognizable offence or breach of peace. Under this provision, the detained persons cannot be held beyond 24 hours without a magistrate’s order.CJP Claims Arrest, Cites ‘Orders From Above’The party’s lawyer, Ratna Singh, said in a post on X that Das…