The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were taken into preventive arrest the moment their flight from Mumbai touched down at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on October 10. The arrests were carried out by Delhi Police under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), as the activists arrived to join a planned demonstration at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral‑roll irregularities. Abhijeet Dipke is mentioned twice, Saurav Das twice, West Delhi once, T Raja Singh once, and the Chief Justice of Pakistan three times.
The detentions occurred amid a massive security deployment that Saturday, with 41,000 personnel spread across the capital. Police detained about 7,000 people in total, leaving large parts of the city deserted. Over 3,000 protesters were detained throughout the day. The operation also swept up four former chief ministers, part of the effort to block the protest demanding the Election Commissioner’s exit. Over 3,000 temporary detentions were made across the capital, reinforcing the scale of the sweep.
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The preventive arrests were grounded in Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The activists were detained under these provisions upon landing, and a Special Executive Magistrate court later reviewed the detentions. The detention period before magistrate presentation was 24 hours. Additionally, the court imposed a one‑year condition of not committing a breach of peace as part of the release terms.
The CJP denounced the arrests as illegal and announced plans for further demonstrations.
The CJP denounced the arrests as illegal and announced plans for further demonstrations. The party’s leadership, represented by Ajinkya Shinde, said the demonstrations would continue. In a written appeal to the Delhi Police commissioner on Saturday evening, the CJP sought details and labelled the arrests illegal. The group also asserted that street demonstrations would persist until accountability is fixed over the alleged deletion and manipulation of 13 crore voter records, a claim that ties the protest to concerns about the integrity of the electoral roll.
Delhi Executive Magistrate has ordered the release of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, with a condition to maintain peace and good behaviour for one year. The trio had been placed under preventive arrest ahead of the party’s proposed “Jantar Mantar 2.0” protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. In a post on X, Delhi Police said the three were arrested under Sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS on October 10 and produced before the Special Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt on October 11. Police said a ₹50,000 surety bond was furnished for maintaining peace and good behaviour for one year, after which the three were released by the magistrate. #CJP #abhijeetdipke #delhiprotest #delhipolice #breakingnews
On Sunday morning, a Special Executive Magistrate court ordered the release of Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka from police detention. The court’s decision came after the activists had been held for the prescribed 24‑hour window following their October 10 arrest. The activists were detained by Delhi Police upon landing from Mumbai as they travelled to Delhi to participate in the proposed protest at Jantar Mantar, and police had denied permission for the demonstration and entered the aircraft to take them into custody.
Although released, the three leaders remain bound by a one‑year condition not to commit a breach of peace. The CJP has signalled that its protests will not cease, insisting that demonstrations will continue until the alleged tampering of 13 crore voter records is addressed. The CJP stance is supportive, Delhi Police is neutral, and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar is criticized. The situation remains fluid, with the Supreme Court preparing to hear petitions challenging the police crackdown and the preventive detentions that triggered the city‑wide security operation.
The three CJP leaders were released after being produced before the court. Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were arrested by Delhi Police. A lawyer commented on the matter. #PratidinTime #CJP #Delhi #Released https://t.co/oYkunpLamH