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India detains thousands of "Cockroach" movement youth protesters in crackdown

Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters on Saturday.

India's youth "Cockroach" movement had sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government and election authorities.

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