New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- The judicial custody of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka was extended by two days on Monday. The two, who had been arrested for trespassing on the recently de-notified Jantar Mantar, had initially been remanded to a five-day judicial custody.

Ranka and Das were produced before a special executive magistrate (SEM) at the Mandir Marg police station. In a two-page order, seen by HT, the SEM said that they had "deliberately breached" their October 11 bonds and the grounds of apprehension suggested that the duo's conduct "is not above board; rather it shows no respect for law and their habitualness in calling protest at de-notified areas".

"Considering the imminent apprehension, past co...