Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were detained during a demonstration in Delhi on Tuesday and released roughly two hours later, according to bdnews24.com.
The two were taken into custody from a sit-in protest, the outlet reported. Several other people were also detained at the march, The Daily Star Bangla and The Daily Ittefaq reported, citing the same events.
Coverage of the day's events was carried by multiple outlets, including BBC and ABP Ananda. BBC reported that women demonstrators were allegedly harassed at the Delhi protest. The same report said the Cockroach Janata Party called for a "second Jantar Mantar," referring to the well-known Delhi protest site.
ABP Ananda reported remarks attributed to Abhijeet Dipke of the Cockroach Janata Party, who was quoted as saying that the party would continue its action until Gyanesh Kumar resigns. The reporting did not specify further details of the demand.
The exact charges, if any, against those detained were not stated in the available reports, nor was the precise location of the sit-in within Delhi. The accounts did not say whether the released individuals face further legal steps.
The detentions add to a run of protest activity in the Indian capital involving opposition figures. bdnews24.com's headline focused on the two Gandhis being held and later freed, while other outlets emphasized the wider number of people taken into custody and the treatment of women at the demonstration.
What to watch next: whether the Cockroach Janata Party follows through on its call for a fresh protest at Jantar Mantar, and whether any of those detained face charges.
