India's Cockroach protests continue after two leaders jailed for five days

A Delhi court has ordered Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, leaders of the Cockroach Janata Party movement, to spend five days in Tihar prison, The Guardian and Al Jazeera report. The charge is violating a ban on protests at Jantar Mantar, a protest site in central Delhi. The Guardian says they jumped police barricades, held up slogans and waved the Indian flag.

Deutsche Welle says three leaders were sent to judicial custody on trespassing charges. France 24 also reported three leaders detained at the site. The other reports name two jailed leaders. The reports do not explain the difference.

The protests now focus on voting rights, The Guardian reports. Demonstrators want the election chief to resign over revised voter lists, according to BBC News. France 24 says they claim the revision favours Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and that the electoral commission chief is accused of bias. The Guardian says the movement began over education and unemployment.

Modi's government denies seeking to disenfranchise millions of voters, The Guardian reports. It says the UN and Amnesty International have criticised the government's treatment of protesters. France 24 says authorities have shut transport and blocked rallying points in the capital, and that the protests are disrupting businesses.

Deutsche Welle earlier reported that thousands have been detained and the capital is under lockdown. No other outlet gives a total.