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India activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters

India's youth-led movement, whose protests forced the education minister to resign, urged authorities to release all detained demonstrators. (Photo: AFP)

NEW DELHI - India's youth-led "cockroach" movement, whose nationwide protests forced the resignation of the education minister, urged authorities on Monday to release all detained demonstrators.

The online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which organised protests over exam paper leaks and other irregularities, said they had received reports of students held in detention, particularly in the states of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar.

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