Delhi court orders release of CJP leaders; CBI takes over Punjab activist murder probe
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A Special Executive Magistrate court in Delhi has ordered the release of Cockroach Janata Party co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after seven days in preventive detention at Tihar Jail. The leaders had been detained for entering a denotified area at Jantar Mantar to unfurl the national flag, following proceedings where the Delhi High Court directed them to approach the magistrate court first. Meanwhile, the drug menace in Punjab has triggered a political confrontation among the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Congress. The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the probe into the murder of anti-drug activist Parwinder Singh Jota in Mansa following an announcement by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The move follows Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to affected families, where he raised concerns over synthetic drugs, while the AAP administration highlighted anti-drone operations and border seizures, and the Congress targeted the state government over whistleblower security and law and order.