New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- A Delhi Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court, on Monday, extended the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka by two days.

Ranka and Das were remanded to five days of judicial custody on October 13 following their alleged entry into Jantar Mantar by scaling a locked gate. The protest site had previously been de-notified. The two CJP leaders, along with other party workers, had displayed the national flag at the venue before being detained and placed under preventive arrest. A Special Executive Magistrate subsequently ordered their judicial custody.

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