New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The detention of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, along with a preventive notice issued to All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora, has brought Special Executive Magistrates (SEMs) under scrutiny amid protests against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Das and Ranka challenged the extension of their custody by a Special Executive Magistrate before the Delhi High Court. However, they withdrew their petition on Wednesday after Justice Subramonium Prasad suggested that they await the SEM court's reconsideration of their sureties.

Meanwhile, Bora has challenged a notice issued by another SEM, asking her to show cause why ...