Abhijit Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), was detained from a plane even before he could participate in a protest program at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, India. A team of Delhi Police boarded the aircraft and detained him upon his arrival at Delhi Airport on Saturday morning. Two other CJP members, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were accompanying him, were also detained, according to an NDTV report.
Abhijit Dipke live-streamed the detention incident on his Instagram account. The video he published shows Delhi Police personnel entering the aircraft. This led to commotion among passengers and arguments between CJP members and police officers.
In the video, Abhijit Dipke can be heard telling female police officers that they could have waited until the passengers disembarked. He then stated, ‘You could have arrested us. We are not afraid.’
CJP was scheduled to hold a protest program at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Reports indicated heightened security and various restrictions were imposed in the capital around the time of the program.
Earlier, Delhi Police had also detained prominent YouTuber Dhruv Rathee even before he could join the proposed protest in Delhi, India, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. According to various sources, he was detained from his residence in Gurugram, Haryana, on Saturday morning.
Police personnel entered Dhruv Rathee’s family residence at Central Park Bihar, Sector 56, Gurugram, at 7:48 AM. His mother opened the door, allowing the police inside. Prior to this, approximately 50 police personnel were reportedly stationed outside the house late Friday night.
The report mentions that Dhruv Rathee had come to Delhi to participate in the protest called by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar.
Source: NDTV
