Watch: 'Inquilab Zindabad', CJP leaders Das & Ranka come out of Tihar Jail
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were released from Tihar Jail after seven days in judicial custody following the acceptance of their surety bonds by a special executive magistrate court. The leaders had been detained after participating in a protest at Jantar Mantar and challenging the extension of their custody in the Delhi High Court. Their release prompted celebratory reactions from supporters and party members online.
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NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka walked out of Tihar Jail after on Wednesday after 7 days of judicial custody.Their release was ordered after a special executive magistrate (SEM) court in Delhi accepted the surety bonds. The both were seen smiling as they got into their car as Ranka said "Inquilab Zindabad".Meanwhile, earlier on their way back fromt he police station to Tihar Jail after the release ordert was given, Das in a brief interaction with media responded saying, "Truth has triumphed."The CJP founder and leader Abhijeet Dipke shared his reaction to the court's release order. Taking to his X account, Dipke shared a clip from the climax scene of Shah Rukh Khan's movie Chak De India. Later called Das and Ranka "much better" than him. "Saurav and Ashu are not just better but much much bigger leaders than me," he said on X.
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