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Mumbai, Delhi Tighten Security Ahead of CJP Protest
The Cockroach Janta Party planned to hold a protest in Delhi.
It was protesting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and a review of voter lists.
Police increased security at Shivaji Park in Mumbai and around the protest site in Delhi.
The party said two of its leaders were detained at the airport.
Reports also described detentions elsewhere in Delhi.
The article says the party called the reported detentions unfair and asked for the leaders to be released.
Reports claimed some metro station gates were closed and many trains were cancelled.
These transport and detention details were presented as reports, not as independently verified facts.
Mumbai Police increased security at Shivaji Park in Dadar on Saturday ahead of the planned CJP protest in Delhi.
The protest was planned for Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
CJP said its founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police at the airport; the detentions were reported but not independently confirmed in the article.
Reports said preventive detentions took place across Delhi and security was tightened around Jantar Mantar.
Reports also claimed 45 Delhi Metro stations closed their gates and more than 250 incoming trains and some local services were cancelled.
- Who
- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Mumbai Police, and Delhi Police; CJP said its founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka were detained.
- What
- Police stepped up security ahead of a planned CJP protest, while reports described detentions and transport disruptions.
- Where
- Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai, and Jantar Mantar and other locations in Delhi.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026.
- Why
- The planned protest was against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls; police measures were reported as intended to maintain law and order.
CJP's allegations
Reported law-and-order measures
Reported detention of CJP leaders
CJP's allegations
CJP condemned the reported detentions as authoritarian, alleged they were meant to stop its leaders reaching Jantar Mantar, and said their freedom of movement was violated.
Reported law-and-order measures
The article reports that Delhi Police conducted preventive detentions as part of measures to maintain law and order; it provides no direct police response to CJP's allegations.
Key facts
- Planned protest location
- Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
- Protest subject
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
- Mumbai security location
- Shivaji Park, Dadar
- Reported Delhi police districts covered
- 15
- Reported preventive detentions
- Around 30 to 40 people
- Reported metro station closures
- Gates at 45 Delhi Metro stations were reportedly closed
- Reported train cancellations
- More than 250 trains arriving from other states, plus some local services, were reportedly cancelled
Quotes
Abhijeet Dipke
Founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, speaking in a clip reportedly recorded during an Instagram Live broadcast.
“Delhi Police have entered the flight and are trying to arrest us.”
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Sources
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