Delhi police detain youth protest leaders ahead of election reform rally

Indian police detained four leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party on Saturday morning at Delhi airport. Officers boarded the plane to arrest them before they could leave the aircraft. The leaders, all in their late twenties or early thirties, had planned to lead a protest rally in the capital. Hundreds of other supporters were also detained across the city. Authorities deployed around 43,000 security personnel and suspended internet services in central Delhi. Metro and rail services faced restrictions, and liquor shops were closed. The rally was planned for Jantar Mantar but had no police permission. The Cockroach Janta Party is a youth movement that wants electoral reforms and the removal of the country's chief election official over alleged voter list fraud.