CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das' judicial custody extended by 2 days

The custody of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das has been extended despite their legal team's plea for release. With sureties now filed on record, the case is set for another hearing on October 21.The CJP legal team had filed an application seeking the release of Das and Ranka from judicial custody before the Special Executive Magistrate. New Delhi,Oct 19, 2026 19:18 ISTJudicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das was extended by two days by a Special Executive Magistrate, officials said, even as their legal team sought their release after submitting sureties on record.The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for October 21.The CJP legal team had filed an application seeking the release of Ranka fand Das from judicial custody before the Special Executive Magistrate. They had initially been sent to custody because their sureties were not available on the day of their detention.The legal team has now filed the sureties on record and sought their release. WHY WERE CJP LEADERS SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY?Das and Ranka were detained on October 13 and sent to five days of judicial custody on October 14, after they entered Jantar Mantar in Delhi a day after the site was denotified as a designated protest site.The CJP leaders maintained that they had unfurled the national flag and raised slogans at the site. Their custody was initially ordered for five days, with the latest decision extending it by another two days.CJP PROTESTING AGAINST CEC, SIRThe CJP has been protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that the exercise threatens voters' rights.The outfit has also opposed the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site.The latest extension comes as the leaders' legal team seeks their release following the submission of sureties. The matter is scheduled to be heard again on October 21.- Ends