Archive · 10 Oct 2026
CJP Leaders Detained Aboard Flight Ahead of Delhi Protest
Abhijeet Dipke and other Cockroach Janata Party members flew from Mumbai to Delhi for a planned protest.
After the plane landed, police and security personnel entered the aircraft and detained party leaders.
Some passengers said they had to wait inside until the leaders were taken away.
Dipke said the group wanted to protest peacefully and criticized the police action.
A police official said they were being stopped because permission for the protest had been denied.
The protest was planned at Jantar Mantar.
It called for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign and for voters removed from the rolls to be restored.
Reports also said more than 150 protesters were detained and security was tightened around Delhi.
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka were detained aboard an Air India flight after it landed in Delhi.
A report also says CJP founder Saurav Das was allegedly detained; the articles do not give details about his detention.
The flight arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport around 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
The CJP planned a Jantar Mantar protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged electoral-roll revision irregularities and restoration of deleted voters.
Passengers described waiting aboard the aircraft until the CJP leaders were taken away; police cited denied protest permission, while Dipke called the action an attack on peaceful protest.
- Who
- Cockroach Janata Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke and Ashutosh Ranka; reports also say Saurav Das was allegedly detained.
- What
- CJP leaders were detained aboard an arriving flight ahead of a planned protest at Jantar Mantar.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, 2026; the flight reportedly landed around 11 a.m.
- Where
- A Mumbai-to-Delhi Air India flight at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
- Why
- They were travelling to protest alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and demand Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. Police said protest permission had been denied.
CJP Leaders and Protesters
Delhi Police
Detention aboard the aircraft
CJP Leaders and Protesters
Dipke said the group intended to hold a peaceful protest and described police entering the plane to detain them as an attempt to treat protesters like criminals.
Delhi Police
A police official in one report said the group was being stopped because permission for the Jantar Mantar protest had been denied.
Impact on passengers
CJP Leaders and Protesters
Dipke said the police action inconvenienced passengers; passengers also said they were kept waiting aboard the aircraft.
Delhi Police
The reports provide no police response to passengers’ claims about the delay.
The protest itself
CJP Leaders and Protesters
The CJP planned to protest alleged electoral-roll irregularities and seek restoration of voters removed during the Special Intensive Revision.
Delhi Police
Police said permission for the planned demonstration had been denied.
- Party
- Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)
- Detained leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke and Ashutosh Ranka; Saurav Das was also reportedly detained
- Flight
- Air India flight from Mumbai to Delhi
- Arrival
- Indira Gandhi International Airport, around 11 a.m. on October 10, 2026
- Planned protest site
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Protest demands
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and restoration of voters allegedly removed during the Special Intensive Revision
- Reported detentions
- More than 150 protesters were detained ahead of the protest
- Passenger accounts
- Passengers said they waited aboard the aircraft until the detained leaders were taken away
