Archive · 10 Oct 2026
CJP Founder Detained as Grandmother Dies in Maharashtra
Savitribai Dipke, who was 85, died at her home in a village in Maharashtra on Saturday.
Her grandson Abhijeet Dipke was detained by Delhi Police after his plane landed in Delhi.
He was travelling with two other Cockroach Janta Party members to attend a planned protest.
The party wanted to raise concerns about voter lists and voter registration forms.
The police had refused permission for the protest, citing safety and traffic concerns.
Reports disagreed about whether Abhijeet had been told that his grandmother died.
The CJP said his family and lawyers could not contact him and called for his release.
His parents travelled to the village, where the family planned her last rites for Sunday morning.
Savitribai Shankar Dipke, 85, died Saturday morning in Santuk Pimpri, Hingoli district; reports differ on how long she had been ill.
Abhijeet Dipke and CJP activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after arriving in Delhi from Mumbai for a planned Jantar Mantar protest.
The CJP planned to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, citing alleged electoral-roll irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision and changes to Form 6.
Reports conflicted over whether Dipke had been told of the death: police sources reportedly said he had, while the CJP and family said they could not reach him or establish his whereabouts.
The CJP demanded Dipke’s immediate release and communication with his family and lawyers; Delhi Police had refused permission for the protest, citing public safety, traffic and law-and-order concerns.
- Who
- Savitribai Shankar Dipke died; her grandson, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, and party activists Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained.
- What
- Savitribai died while Abhijeet and two CJP colleagues were detained after arriving for a planned protest.
- When
- Saturday morning; the last rites were scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday.
- Where
- Savitribai died in Santuk Pimpri, Hingoli district, Maharashtra; the activists were detained after landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- Why
- The activists were travelling to a planned protest over alleged electoral-roll irregularities and changes to Form 6.
CJP and Dipke’s family
Delhi Police
Detention and planned protest
CJP and Dipke’s family
The CJP condemned the detention, demanded the leaders’ immediate release and said peaceful assembly was a constitutional right; Dipke questioned why permission was needed to protest at Jantar Mantar.
Delhi Police
Delhi Police refused permission for the demonstration, citing public safety, traffic management and law-and-order concerns, and detained the leaders after they arrived in Delhi.
Contact after Savitribai’s death
CJP and Dipke’s family
The CJP said Dipke’s relatives and lawyers had not received information about his whereabouts and demanded that police enable them to contact him.
Delhi Police
Police sources reportedly said Dipke had been informed of the death and could choose whether to remain in custody or travel to Maharashtra; this account was not confirmed by the family or party.
Electoral-roll allegations
CJP and Dipke’s family
The CJP alleged irregularities during the Special Intensive Revision and objected to changes involving Form 6, calling for Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Delhi Police
The articles report the CJP’s allegations and the police’s protest-permission rationale, but provide no response from the Election Commission to the electoral-roll claims.
- Savitribai Shankar Dipke
- Aged 85; died at her home in Santuk Pimpri on Saturday at around 11:30 a.m., according to one report.
- Illness
- Reports said she had been unwell; accounts described the period as several days or approximately a month.
- Detained leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained after arriving from Mumbai.
- Planned protest
- The CJP intended to hold a demonstration at Jantar Mantar and sought Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
- Protest concerns
- The CJP cited alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and changes involving Form 6.
- Police position
- Delhi Police refused permission for the protest, citing public safety, traffic management and law-and-order concerns.
- Family and party response
- The CJP said the family and its lawyers could not establish contact with Dipke, demanded his release and called for communication with them.
- Last rites
- Scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday.
