The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was on Saturday detained by Delhi Police after his flight landed in the national capital, ahead of the demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke had come to Delhi for the demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar.
The CJP, the Gen-Z youth protest movement whose sit-in at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar against the paper leak of the national medical entrance exam led to the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in July, condemned the detentions. In a statement, the party also described the action as a violation of freedom of movement and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the three leaders. She claimed that Delhi Police personnel landed at her house in the morning and asked not to leave.
32-year-old Rathee, who has over 33 million subscribers on YouTube, 19 million followers on Instagram, and 3.3 million on X, was detained from his residence in Gurugram’s Sector 56. Around 50 policemen from Delhi Police had come to detain Rathee, according to sources. The Centre has deployed over 20,000 personnel from the police and the Central Armed Police Forces to maintain law and order. The police said they received the application seeking permission for the protest on October 7, just three days before the protest. However, according to rules, such applications have to be submitted at least 10 days in advance, they said.
She said that as she sat in her car, a group policemen surrounded it and she was allowed to leave. “Cops didn’t give me any reason for detention,” she said in a video posted from her car. Earlier reporting noted: ‘Even Indira Gandhi didn’t do this’: What Abhijeet Dipke said before being detained at Delhi airport; CJP shares video Image Credit: (X ) CJP condemned the detention of its leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after they landed in Delhi. Earlier reporting noted: NEW DELHI: “Even Indira Gandhi didn’t do this,” Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke said in a video shared by the party after he and fellow leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday ahead of the proposed protest at Jantar Mantar.
Earlier reporting noted: In a video shared by the party on X, Dipke is heard claiming that police personnel had entered the aircraft and were trying to take him into custody.
