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1 outlets · filed 21 October 2026

India 'cockroach' leaders who called on election chief to quit are freed from jail

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Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were accused of breaking into an unauthorised protest venue in Delhi.

What the coverage shows

Both outlets focus on the release of the two Cockroach Party leaders after a week in jail, with Al Jazeera stating that directly and the BBC similarly framing it around their freeing. The BBC adds the accusation that Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were accused of breaking into an unauthorised protest venue in Delhi, a detail not present in Al Jazeera’s extract.

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