Archive · 11 Oct 2026
CJP Leaders Detained Ahead of Delhi Protest, Later Released
The Cockroach Janta Party planned a protest in Delhi about how voter lists were being changed.
It wanted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Police stopped three party leaders when their plane from Mumbai landed on Saturday.
Police said the protest had not been permitted and held the leaders to help prevent trouble.
The party said the arrests were planned to keep its leaders away from the protest and asked police to share where they were.
The leaders were brought before a magistrate on Sunday and then released.
The party said its protests would continue.
Police also stopped people from gathering at Jantar Mantar, and many protesters were detained and later released.
Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das from their flight after it landed in Delhi on Saturday, October 10.
The party planned protests at Jantar Mantar demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged voter-roll irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision.
Police said the gathering was not permitted and placed the leaders under preventive arrest; they were due to appear before an Executive Magistrate on Sunday.
CJP said the detentions were pre-planned, demanded the leaders’ release and whereabouts, and alleged lawyers were unable to obtain information; the leaders were later released on Sunday morning after nearly 24 hours.
Police restricted access to Jantar Mantar, and more than 3,000 protesters were detained and later released on Saturday; reports also described other activists and content creators being detained.
- Who
- Delhi Police detained CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das.
- What
- The leaders were placed under preventive arrest ahead of a planned protest and released on Sunday morning after nearly 24 hours.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The leaders were detained aboard a flight after it landed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport; the planned protest site was Jantar Mantar.
- Why
- Police said the protest had not been permitted. CJP said it was protesting alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
CJP's account
Delhi Police's account
Reason for the detention
CJP's account
CJP called the detentions pre-planned and said they were meant to stop its leaders from reaching a peaceful protest.
Delhi Police's account
Delhi Police said the protest at Jantar Mantar had not been permitted and described the action as preventive.
Information and legal access
CJP's account
CJP said it initially did not know where the leaders were and that lawyers seeking information were denied access; it demanded disclosure and access to counsel.
Delhi Police's account
Police said the leaders would be produced before an Executive Magistrate and later said Dipke was informed of his grandmother's death and offered help travelling to his hometown.
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Leaders detained
- Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das
- Detention
- Preventive arrest after their flight from Mumbai landed in Delhi on October 10
- Release
- Released by a Special Executive Magistrate on Sunday morning, October 11, after nearly 24 hours
- Planned protest site
- Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
- CJP's demand
- Resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter-roll irregularities
- Police explanation
- Delhi Police said the planned protest had not been permitted
- Saturday detentions
- More than 3,000 protesters were detained and later released, according to one report
Sources
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