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UPDATE 1 — India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party says

(Adds details from paragraphs 2-15) Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka sent to prison Leaders had entered a historic protest site in violation of a ban Will not be frightened by imprisonment, CJP says CJP, opposition groups demanding election chief's resignation over voter list revisions NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Reuters) — An Indian court ordered that two leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) be detained in jail for five days, the party said on Wednesday, a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief's resignation. The detentions risk triggering fresh protests by youth supporters at a time when opposition groups and student bodies are holding almost daily demonstrations to demand commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over voter list revisions that critics say favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission has denied favouring any party and said wrongly deleted voters can re-enrol, while the BJP has accused rivals of trying to undermine democracy by wrongly questioning legitimate electoral processes. CJP leaders Ashutosh R