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Delhi Police Detain CJP Founder Aboard Flight Ahead of Protest
Abhijeet Dipke was flying from Mumbai to Delhi to attend a protest.
Police officers came onto the plane after it landed and stopped him and his associates.
Dipke said they wanted to protest peacefully and criticized the police action.
A police official said the group was being stopped because permission for the protest had been denied.
The protest was planned at Jantar Mantar.
It called for election official Gyanesh Kumar to resign and for voters removed from electoral rolls to be restored.
The reports say more than 150 protesters were detained before the demonstration.
Police also used security measures around the protest area.
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained aboard a Mumbai-to-Delhi flight after it landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Dipke was travelling to a planned protest at Jantar Mantar demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
The protest was against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and sought restoration of deleted voters.
Dipke described the police action as an attempt to arrest peaceful protesters; a police official said they were being stopped because permission for the protest had been denied.
The reports say more than 150 protesters were detained ahead of the demonstration; security measures included restrictions around Jantar Mantar.
- Who
- Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and Delhi Police.
- What
- Dipke was detained aboard a flight as he travelled to a protest at Jantar Mantar.
- Where
- A flight from Mumbai to Delhi, after landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.
- When
- Saturday, October 10; the year is not specified in the reports.
- Why
- Dipke was travelling to a protest demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and restoration of voters allegedly removed during the Special Intensive Revision. Police said the protest was stopped because permission had been denied.
Dipke and Protesters
Delhi Police
Stopping the group aboard the flight
Dipke and Protesters
Dipke said the group wanted to hold a peaceful protest and called the police action an attempt to arrest them like criminals.
Delhi Police
A police official said the group was being stopped because police had denied permission for the Jantar Mantar protest.
Effect on passengers
Dipke and Protesters
Dipke said police entering the plane inconvenienced other passengers, some of whom could be heard asking to continue their journeys.
Delhi Police
The reports do not include a response from police about the impact on passengers.
Key facts
- Person detained
- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party
- Flight route
- Mumbai to Delhi
- Airport
- Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Planned protest site
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Protest demand
- Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and restoration of voters removed during the Special Intensive Revision
- Reported detentions
- More than 150 protesters were detained ahead of the protest
- Police explanation
- A police official said the protest was stopped because permission had been denied
Quotes
Delhi Police personnel
Police officers who approached Dipke on the aircraft.
“Yeh Narendra Modi ka darr hai...(This is Narendra Modi's fear). All we wanted to do is a peaceful protest. They are arresting us from the flight like we are criminals.”
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“Aray mai arrest hone ke liye hi aaya hun. Karlo arrest [I have come here to be arrested; arrest me]”
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Sources
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