High-voltage drama unfolded once again in the national capital as Delhi Police detained Telapoka Janata Party (CJP) leaders Sourav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, along with several of their associates, during a protest at Jantar Mantar. A heavy deployment of Delhi Police personnel intercepted the demonstrators and took the key leaders into custody. Sourav Das himself shared a video of the detention on his official social media handle. In the viral clip, Das and his fellow protestors can be seen enthusiastically raising slogans of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. During the demonstration, the CJP leaders and participating youth fiercely raised demands for the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

This development follows a series of similar confrontations with law enforcement. Earlier, on October 10, Delhi Police had detained Ashutosh Ranka and Sourav Das alongside CJP founder Abhijit Dipake. The trio had boarded a Mumbai-to-Delhi flight with the intention of joining an ongoing protest in the capital. However, police intervention prevented Abhijit Dipake, Sourav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka from disembarking the aircraft upon arrival.

Following their previous detention, the three individuals were produced before an executive magistrate in Delhi, who granted them bail under the strict condition that they maintain absolute peace for the next one year. The judicial order explicitly stipulated that any breach of this condition within the stipulated timeframe would invite immediate and stringent legal action against them. Defying these operational limitations and previous run-ins with law enforcement, the leaders re-emerged at Jantar Mantar to stage a fresh demonstration, prompting Delhi Police to take them into custody for the second time in a span of days, generating widespread media attention.