Two leaders of India’s “Cockroach” youth movement were sentenced to serve five days in jail after being detained during a protest demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief, the group said Wednesday. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were among about a dozen people detained by police Tuesday after they climbed over barricades to enter the grounds of Jantar Mantar, a historic observatory in central New Delhi that has long been a site for protests. Police said that the site was no longer an official protest venue and accused Das and Ranka of trespassing and defying prohibitory orders. The arrests followed a sweeping police crackdown over the weekend aimed at preventing mostly young Indians from gathering in New Delhi to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Police briefly detained thousands of demonstrators. Protests have intensified over an ongoing nationwide revision of voter lists that has removed more than 130 million names since last year. Critics say the exercise is politically motivated and could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. The Election Commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration say the revision is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews #india #indianews #modi #gyaneshkumar #jantarmantar