India, Oct. 10 -- The Chennai police detained more than 30 people on Saturday who were protesting near Besant Nagar's Elliot Beach in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party's proposed demonstration in Delhi seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The protesters gathered around 8 am and raised slogans against the Union government and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and were taken to a community centre in Thiruvalluvar Nagar nearby.

Police told the demonstrators that the activity was not permitted near the beach and asked them to seek permission on another date, and detained them when they continued the protest.

Radhika Ganesh, who led the protest, said it w...