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India’s Cockroach Janta party leader detained amid crackdown on protests

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Abhijeet Dipke was arrested ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations in Delhi The leader of the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) youth movement, Abhijeet Dipke, was detained by police from his home on Friday as authorities cracked down on fresh anti-government protests in the Indian capital. It came ahead of a planned Friday evening demonstration called by Dipke in central Delhi, urging supporters of the movement to come out and hold up the Indian flag.

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