Archive · 10 Oct 2026
CJP Says Police Detained Legal Head Ahead of Protest
The Cockroach Janta Party said police detained its legal leader, Ratna Singh, and three other lawyers.
The party shared a video of Singh sitting in a car with police around it.
Singh said she had been detained since 9 a.m.
and that police had followed the group since the night before.
She said the officers did not show her an official notice.
She also said they told her they had orders from “above.”
The party said police had not explained why the four lawyers were being detained.
Singh said an application had been filed asking for police cases to be registered over the detentions.
This happened before the party’s planned protest in New Delhi.
The protest is calling for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
The Cockroach Janta Party said police detained legal team head Ratna Singh and three other lawyers on Saturday.
The party released video showing Singh in a car surrounded by police, saying at least 25 officers were present.
Singh said police had tracked the group since the previous night and that she had been detained since 9 a.m.
She said officers had no official notice and told her they had orders from “above”; the CJP said no grounds for detention were given.
Singh said an application had been moved seeking FIRs over what she called illegal detentions, ahead of a CJP protest seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Who
- Ratna Singh and three other lawyers, according to the Cockroach Janta Party; police are alleged to have detained them.
- What
- The CJP said the four lawyers were detained without stated grounds; Singh said an application sought FIRs over the detentions.
- When
- Saturday; Singh said her detention began at 9 a.m. The report gives no calendar date.
- Where
- New Delhi; Singh spoke from inside a car, and said police had visited her home.
- Why
- The detentions came ahead of a CJP protest seeking Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation; police did not provide an explanation in the reports.
CJP and Singh’s account
Police account
Grounds and authority for detention
CJP and Singh’s account
The CJP said police gave no grounds for detaining the four. Singh said officers had no official notice and told her they had orders from “above.”
Police account
The reports provide no police response or explanation for the detentions.
Detention and police conduct
CJP and Singh’s account
Singh said she had been detained since 9 a.m., that police had tracked the group since the previous night, and that officers repeatedly asked her to leave the car.
Police account
The reports contain no police account of the alleged tracking or detention.
Protest demand
CJP and Singh’s account
The CJP is seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and alleges he subverted the preparation of voter lists.
Police account
The reports give no response from Kumar or other officials to the CJP’s allegation.
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- People said to be detained
- Ratna Singh and three other lawyers
- Reported detention time
- Singh said she had been detained since 9 a.m.
- Police presence
- The CJP said at least 25 police personnel surrounded Singh’s car
- Police tracking claim
- Singh said police had tracked the group’s movements since the previous night
- Legal step described
- Singh said an application had been moved seeking registration of FIRs over the alleged detentions
- Planned protest
- “Jantar Mantar 2.0,” seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
- Context
- Heightened security and restrictions in New Delhi ahead of the protest
