Indian police detain ‘cockroach’ movement founder Dipke ahead of protest

More than 130 million voters were deleted during the revision but the Election Commission has denied favouring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol.

Police ​detained India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder Abhijeet Dipke and some supporters on Friday, ahead of a protest called by him in capital Delhi’s central business district, ‌the latest rally to demand the resignation of India’s election chief.