NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das have been placed under preventive arrest and will be produced before an executive magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station on Saturday, Delhi Police said.The development comes amid heightened security in the national capital 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.Delhi Police had denied permission for the proposed demonstration, citing law-and-order concerns, public safety and possible inconvenience to residents. The party had planned to demand Kumar’s resignation and the scrapping of the SIR exercise.CJP’s legal head Ratna Singh, in a post on X, said the three leaders would be produced before the executive magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station at 9am.“Abhijeet, Ashutosh and Saurav will be produced before the Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station at 9 AM today,” Singh wrote, adding that a Delhi Police official had informed her about the development that morning. She said she would be present at the police station along with other advocates representing the party.
CJP leaders detained at Delhi airport
Dipke, Ranka and Das were detained by Delhi Police after their Delhi-bound flight from Mumbai landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday.The action came before the planned protest, with police personnel entering the aircraft to take the leaders into custody.In a video from the flight, Dipke was seen questioning the police action and challenging officers to arrest him. He also questioned the grounds for the detention, while slogans including “Bharat Mata ki Jai” and “Inquilab Zindabad” were raised.The CJP leaders had earlier said they were prepared to face arrest but would continue their campaign over the electoral roll revision exercise.(With agency inputs)
