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Delhi Magistrate Releases CJP Leaders After Overnight Detention
Three leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party flew to Delhi for a planned protest.
Police detained them after their plane landed on Saturday.
The party said it did not know where they were for more than 12 hours.
On Sunday, the leaders appeared before an executive magistrate, who ordered their release.
They were told to keep the peace for one year.
The protest was about the party’s concerns over changes to voter lists and its demand that election chief Gyanesh Kumar resign.
Police had restricted the planned gathering, citing security and law-and-order concerns.
YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was also released after being detained.
Reports said many other people were detained during the security operation.
Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police after their flight from Mumbai landed on Saturday.
The three Cockroach Janta Party leaders were in Delhi for a planned Jantar Mantar protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
An executive magistrate ordered their release on Sunday, with a condition to maintain peace for one year.
CJP said it had no information about the leaders’ whereabouts for more than 12 hours before they were produced before the magistrate.
YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was also released after being detained ahead of the protest; reports said thousands of others were detained across Delhi.
- Who
- Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka; Delhi Police and an executive magistrate.
- What
- The three leaders were detained after arriving in Delhi and later released on a condition to maintain peace for one year.
- Where
- They were detained aboard a flight after it landed in Delhi and produced before an executive magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station.
- When
- They were detained on Saturday, October 10, and released on Sunday, October 11.
- Why
- They had travelled to lead a protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged irregularities in the electoral-roll revision.
CJP and protest organisers
Police and authorities
Detention of CJP leaders
CJP and protest organisers
CJP called the detentions unlawful and said it had no information about the leaders’ whereabouts for more than 12 hours, alleging the action prevented them from joining the protest.
Police and authorities
Delhi Police took preventive action under provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita; reports said authorities cited security and law-and-order concerns in restricting the gathering.
Protest and electoral-roll concerns
CJP and protest organisers
CJP alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and demanded Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
Police and authorities
The articles report that police denied permission for the gathering and imposed restrictions to deter protesters from assembling; they do not provide a response to CJP’s electoral-roll allegations.
Key facts
- Released leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka
- Party
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Release date
- Sunday, October 11
- Release condition
- Maintain peace and not breach it for one year
- Planned protest site
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Protest demand
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
- Other released detainee
- YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, released after detention in Gurugram
Quotes
Cockroach Janata Party
Political party that announced the leaders’ release on its official X account
“Finally, Delhi Police is forced to release Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das. Cockroaches never die.”
thehansindia.com
“should not breach peace for one year.”
wionews.com
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
Political party whose leaders were detained ahead of its protest.
“You cannot make people disappear and call it democracy.”
CNBC TV 18
“It’s been 12 hours. No information. No accountability.”
CNBC TV 18
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