Jantar Mantar trespassing row: CJP's Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka appear before Crime Branch

NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka appeared before the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday in connection with the October 13 Jantar Mantar protest, which led to their detention on charges of trespassing at the denotified protest site.The two CJP leaders reached the Crime Branch office in Rajouri Garden after being summoned to join the investigation. Fellow CJP leader Ajinkya Shinde was also summoned in the case.Das, Ranka and Shinde had earlier skipped questioning scheduled for October 22. Ranka had said they could not appear on the scheduled date and had informed the police about their inability to attend. The leaders were awaiting fresh dates for questioning, he had said."We are waiting to hear from them. We have not received a specific date yet. We could not make it on the previous date, and we had informed them about that.