New DelhiA magistrate kept 2 flag-waving protest leaders jailed.
India’s youth movement wants the election chief out over voter rolls, which the commission denies.
Video from 10 October shows men beating protesters with a policeman present, and police detained four members of the Hindu Raksha Dal.
The magistrate said they breached their bonds and their promise not to repeat the offence did not inspire confidence.
Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das return before the magistrate on 21 October.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Dawn leans critical
- reports CJP's claim that the custody order is a 'mockery of the justice system' and details the barricade-jumping charge
- Rediff.com India Ltd. leans critical
- contrasts the Allahabad High Court's stay for a convicted murderer with the custody of CJP leaders, framing it as a two-tier justice complaint
- Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd
- quotes the SEM court's finding that promises not to reoffend 'do not inspire confidence' and that sureties were unfit
- The Diplomat leans critical
- details the paramilitary deployment: CRPF companies shifted from Chhattisgarh and Kashmir, and un-uniformed men assaulting protesters
Sources: Rediff.com India Ltd., Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd, Dawn, The Diplomat