Two Cockroach Party leaders released after week in custody

Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, senior figures in India’s Cockroach Party, were freed after a week in jail, Al Jazeera reported.

Two senior figures in India’s Cockroach Party, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, were released from custody after a week-long detention, Al Jazeera reported.

Ranka and Das are described in the report as top leaders of the Cockroach Party. The account did not provide further detail about their roles within the organization.

The report did not specify the reasons for their initial detention, the charges they may have faced, or the conditions surrounding their release.

Al Jazeera’s coverage of the development did not include immediate comment from Indian authorities or from representatives of the Cockroach Party.