India's 'cockroach' movement founder released from police custody

India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention on Saturday, a day after his arrest during a police crackdown on protests against the election authority. Dipke, 31, was detained Friday in New Delhi as he headed to join a rally that the CJP protest movement had called in the capital's central Connaught Place district. He walked out of a police station Saturday afternoon waving to the media and giving a thumbs up as he was driven away, an AFP photographer saw. "Abhijeet Dipke released," CJP legal affairs chief Ratna Singh said on social media. Opposition parties and CJP activists have defied a security crackdown, rallying to demand the resignation of India's chief election commissioner after accusing the poll body of manipulating voter rolls to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party. More than 130 million voters ‌were deleted during the revision. The commission, which oversees voting in the world's most populous nation, has denied any wrongdoing. Watch moreHow far will 'Cockroach' movement go? India's youth-led protests defy Modi government Dipke was detained on Friday as he ​stepped out of a house in central Delhi, with p...