New DelhiPolice detained 3 “cockroach” leaders demanding the election chief’s resignation.
Delhi Police stripped Jantar Mantar of protest status on Monday and named 3 distant venues instead.
A police complaint charges trespass, violating prohibitory orders and breaching a peace bond, police sources said.
The Election Commission denies favouring any party and says wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol.
Founder Abhijeet Dipke says he joins the Delhi protest Wednesday and the party will challenge the detentions in court.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- reports the protest site was denotified and three alternative venues named before the leaders were detained
- India.com
- details the FIR's charges, including breach of a peace bond the leaders signed after earlier detention
- The Times of India leans critical
- carries Dipke's threat that protest sites will spread nationwide and his vow to join the Delhi protest from Wednesday
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, India.com, The Times of India