Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Abhijeet Dipke’s Mother Calls His Plane Detention Wrong
Abhijeet Dipke is a leader of the Cockroach Janta Party.
His party planned a protest in Delhi about alleged problems with voter registration.
Dipke’s mother said he had asked her not to watch the news or check her phone that day.
She saw a video showing him being detained on a plane.
She said the way police detained him was wrong.
His father also supported him and criticized the police.
Police said the protest was not permitted because they were told about it too late.
The article also says supporters were taken into preventive custody and some transport services were disrupted.
Abhijeet Dipke’s mother, Anita, said he had asked her not to watch television or check her phone on protest day.
She learned from a video that Dipke and other Cockroach Janta Party leaders were detained aboard an Air India plane arriving from Mumbai.
Anita called the detention on the plane wrong and said the family would hold the government accountable if anything happened to her son.
Dipke’s father, Bhagwanrao, expressed support for his son and friends and criticized the police action.
The party had called a protest at Jantar Mantar over alleged voter-registration and Special Intensive Revision irregularities; police denied permission, citing late notice.
- Who
- Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and other party leaders; his parents, Anita and Bhagwanrao Dipke.
- What
- Dipke and other leaders were detained aboard a plane as the party prepared for a protest; his parents criticized the police action.
- When
- On the day the party had called its protest; no calendar date is provided.
- Where
- The detention took place aboard an Air India plane arriving from Mumbai; the protest was planned for Jantar Mantar in Delhi.
- Why
- The party planned to protest alleged irregularities in voter registration and Special Intensive Revision processes. Police said permission was denied because they were informed too late.
Family’s criticism
Police’s stated grounds
Detention and protest
Family’s criticism
Anita Dipke said detaining her son on a plane was wrong and questioned what crime he had committed. Bhagwanrao Dipke criticized the police action and voiced support for his son and his friends.
Police’s stated grounds
Police denied permission for the protest, saying the organizers had informed authorities too late.
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Founder detained
- Abhijeet Dipke
- Other leaders named
- Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das
- Protest location
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Protest issue
- Alleged irregularities in voter registration and Special Intensive Revision processes
- Police explanation
- Police denied permission, saying authorities were informed too late.
- Detentions and disruption
- The article says hundreds of supporters were taken into preventive custody overnight, dozens of metro stations were shut, and hundreds of trains were cancelled.