CJP Conveners Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das Detained for Five Days After Jantar Mantar Flag Incident

Delhi Police said the removal of Jantar Mantar from its list of designated protest venues followed a Supreme Court directive to relocate demonstrations to safer sites such as Ramlila Maidan, Burari Ground and CBD Ground.

Abhijit Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, blasted the detention as an "unofficial emergency" and questioned whether raising the tricolour should be criminalised, calling the move a direct attack on civil liberties.

Atishi of the Aam Aadmi Party and Saurabh Bharadwaj of the same party described the five‑day custody as a "dictatorship" and compared it to the Emergency, demanding the activists' immediate release.

American singer Mary Millben posted on X that U.S. donors were backing anti‑Modi forces and urged Indian youth to organise a peaceful counter‑movement, framing the arrests as part of a foreign plot to destabilise the government.

The arrests are part of a larger protest movement demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, a dispute the BJP and the Election Commission deny.

Delhi Police have stated that the five‑day judicial custody will conclude when the court hearing on the protest‑site order is held next week, signalling a potential legal showdown.