Watch | CJP's Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka breach through locked Jantar Mantar, detained

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) chief spokesperson Saurav Das and its national spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka were detained by the Delhi Police on Tuesday morning after entering Jantar Mantar by jumping the locked gates, a day after the site lots its designated protest venue status.Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, CJP spokespersons, were arrested on Tuesday after entering the locked and de-notified Jantar Mantar protest site (X/@AshutoshRanka)Ranka shared a video on his X handle, showing him and Saurav Das climbing the locked gates of Jantar Mantar and entering the venue before police personnel present there intervened and took hold of them.WatchDas and Ranka had come with at least 10 more people and some of them managed to enter Jantar Mantar carrying the national flag. They all have been detained, a senior police officer said.The video showed Ranka and others shouting ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ chants.The attempt to enter Jantar Mantar in Lutyens' Delhi comes a day after it was de-notified as a designated protest venue. A Delhi Police circular on Monday listed three new sites — spread out across the city — for holding demonstrations, making Jantar Mantar, where CJP led a mega stir in June and July that led to the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, off limits.According to the circular, the Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a committee to examine alternative proper venues for citizen's right for organizing protest/demonstrations in place of the existing "designated site".Based on the committee's recommendations, Jantar Mantar as a protest venue has been de-notified, it stated, listing the three new venues - -Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground, and CBD Ground, in Shahdara.Jantar Mantar has been the centre of youth-led protests since June this year, led by Abhijeet Dipke-founded Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which ultimately resulted in the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged exam irregularities.Reacting to the denotification order, Abhijeet Dipke said the entire country will become Jantar Mantar now.“They have removed Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site. Yes, it’s no a longer protest site as anyway it was turned into a war zone by the coward dictator. Ab poora desh Jantar Mantar banega! [entire country will become Jantar Mantar now],” he wrote on X.