Police detain anti-government ‘Cockroach’ party leader amid Delhi protests

Indian authorities have detained tens of thousands of people and arrested the leader of the youth-led ‘Cockroach’ party, Abhijeet Dipke, in the latest crackdown on anti-government protests. Footage shows police escorting Dipke off a plane after it landed in New Delhi on 10 October. He had been travelling to the capital to attend a protest called by the youth movement demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar. Authorities have placed the capital under a strict lockdown, with travel and telecoms links suspended

Police clamp down on Delhi protest and detain ‘Cockroach’ movement leader