India's 'cockroach' party founder detained ahead of protest

Dipke's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party is demanding the resignation of India's election chief over allegations of voter list manipulation.

The founder of India's "cockroach" protest movement, Abhijeet Dipke/SCREENGRAB

The founder of India's "cockroach" protest movement, Abhijeet Dipke/SCREENGRAB

The founder of India's "cockroach" protest movement, Abhijeet Dipke, has been detained in Delhi ahead of a planned march in the heart of the capital.

His detention follows a police warning against holding Friday's march, with thousands of security personnel deployed across the city to prevent the gathering.

The group had asked its supporters to come to a park in Connaught Place, one of Delhi's busiest commercial districts, to wave the Indian flag.

Source: The Star