Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Police Inform Dipke of Grandmother’s Death Amid Detention
Abhijeet Dipke’s grandmother, Savitribai, died on Saturday at age 85.
She had been sick for about a month.
Her family planned her last rites for Sunday morning.
Dipke was in Delhi after travelling there for a protest with other Cockroach Janta Party members.
Police detained the three party members after they arrived.
Dipke’s cousin said the family had been unable to contact him.
Delhi Police sources said they had told him about his grandmother’s death.
Police sources said he could choose whether to stay in Delhi or go home for the last rites.
Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, 85, died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at her home in Santuk Pimpri, Maharashtra.
Family sources said she had been unwell for about a month and had earlier been hospitalised in Hingoli.
Her last rites were scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday.
A cousin said the family could not contact Abhijeet Dipke because he was detained in Delhi; Delhi Police sources said they had informed him of her death.
Dipke and CJP members Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after arriving in Delhi for a planned protest at Jantar Mantar.
- Who
- Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, grandmother of Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke; Dipke was detained with two party members.
- What
- Savitribai died, and Delhi Police sources said Dipke had been informed while in detention.
- When
- Savitribai died at 11:30 a.m. Saturday; her last rites were scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday.
- Where
- Savitribai died in Santuk Pimpri village, Hingoli district, Maharashtra; Dipke was detained in Delhi.
- Why
- Family sources said Savitribai had been unwell for about a month. The CJP members had travelled to Delhi for a protest over alleged irregularities in electoral-roll revision.
Family’s account
Delhi Police sources’ account
Whether Dipke had been reached
Family’s account
Dipke’s cousin said the family could not contact him because he was detained in Delhi, though they had contacted his parents.
Delhi Police sources’ account
Delhi Police sources said Dipke had been informed of his grandmother’s death.
Whether Dipke could attend the last rites
Family’s account
The family said it had been unable to reach Dipke while he was detained.
Delhi Police sources’ account
Police sources said Dipke could choose whether to stay in Delhi and continue the protest under detention or return for the last rites.
- Deceased
- Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, aged 85
- Time and place of death
- 11:30 a.m. Saturday, at her home in Santuk Pimpri village, Hingoli district, Maharashtra
- Illness
- She had been unwell for about a month and was earlier hospitalised in Hingoli.
- Last rites
- Scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday
- Police account
- Delhi Police sources said Dipke had been informed and could decide whether to remain in detention or return for the last rites.
- Family account
- Dipke’s cousin said the family could not contact him because he was detained, but had contacted his parents.
- Protest
- The CJP announced a Jantar Mantar protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
