India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained for scaling barricades

Several of India's "cockroach" youth movement leaders are sent to five days of judicial custody after trespassing into a barricaded site popular for protests to demand the country's top election official to resign over a controversial revision of voter lists.

Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das are among those arrested by Indian police after they entered the heavily-guarded Jantar Mantar in central New Delhi.

Police say this week that the site is no longer an official protest venue, accusing them of defying prohibitory orders.

Founder of the Cockroach Janta Party condemns the police for making arrests over the duo's unfurling of the national flag at Jantar Mantar.

Their clashes centred on the removal of 130 million voters from electoral rolls, which authorities say is intended to remove duplicate and ineligible entries. Critics, however, believe the revision will benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, a charge that the poll body rejects.

On Wednesday, marches held by the main opposition Congress party convulse the Election Commission's Office in the capital city. Members of the party's youth wing are seen chanting slogans such as "Kumar - Chief Election Commissioner, you have to go."

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who participated in the actions earlier this week, has pledged the opposition will continue their political resistance to defend the constitution.