Guwahati, Sept. 27 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Sunday demanded the immediate release of its co-convenor and spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka and other party volunteers detained by Assam Police ahead of a scheduled regional volunteers' meet-up in Guwahati.

More than 40 CJP workers, including members of the party's central committee, were detained before the meeting could be held. At least 20 other volunteers who had arrived in Dispur to attend the meet-up were also detained.

The meeting was initially scheduled for 10 am at Assam Shree Parshuram Seva Sadan on Kharga Choudhury Road in Athgaon. Organisers later shifted the venue to Chowdhury Tilla, opposite the Assam Secretariat, alleging pressure on the original venue.

Ranka, who had...