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Jharkhand CJP Members Drop Delhi Protest Plans After Alleged Surveillance
Some members of a group called the Cockroach Janta Party planned to travel from Jharkhand to Delhi for a protest.
Khushboo Chaudhary said men in plain clothes followed and filmed her at a railway station.
She said they asked a train worker about her and warned that she might be detained if she continued.
She got off the train in Bokaro and went back to Ranchi.
Moin Khan said he and other members received a similar warning.
Some members stopped travelling, but others made it to Delhi and joined the protest.
A railway security official said his office had not heard about the incident.
The claims about being followed and warned have not been confirmed by the railway authorities.
Two Cockroach Janta Party members said men in plainclothes followed and filmed them at Ranchi railway station while they were travelling toward Delhi.
Khushboo Chaudhary alleged the men asked a travelling ticket examiner about her and warned that she could be detained en route.
Chaudhary said she got off at Bokaro around 3:30 a.m. and returned to Ranchi.
Moin Khan described a similar warning and said some members abandoned their journeys, while others reached Delhi and joined the protest.
Ranchi railway security chief Ashish Kumar Pandey said authorities had no information about such an incident.
- Who
- CJP members Khushboo Chaudhary and Moin Khan said they were followed or warned while travelling; railway security chief Ashish Kumar Pandey said authorities had no information about the incident.
- What
- Two members said alleged surveillance and warnings about possible detention led them and other participants to abandon their trip to a Delhi protest.
- Where
- The reported events began at Ranchi railway station and involved a journey toward Delhi, with Chaudhary getting off at Bokaro.
- When
- Chaudhary said the incident happened on October 8, two days before the protest; she got off the train around 3:30 a.m.
- Why
- The members said they feared they could be detained if they continued travelling to the protest.
CJP members' account
Railway security authority's response
Alleged surveillance and detention warnings
CJP members' account
Chaudhary and Khan said men in plain clothes filmed or watched CJP members and that a travelling ticket examiner warned them they could be detained if they continued to Delhi.
Railway security authority's response
Ranchi railway security chief Ashish Kumar Pandey said railway security authorities had no information about such an incident and that no such matter had come to their notice.
Key facts
- Group
- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)
- Planned destination
- Delhi
- Protest target
- Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
- Reported date
- October 8, according to Khushboo Chaudhary
- Reported stop
- Chaudhary said she got off at Bokaro around 3:30 a.m.
- Other member
- Moin Khan said he and other participants received a similar warning
- Railway response
- Ranchi Senior Divisional Security Commissioner Ashish Kumar Pandey said no such matter had come to his office's notice
Quotes
Ashish Kumar Pandey
Ranchi Senior Divisional Security Commissioner.
“I was waiting for the train (to Koderma) when I noticed that five to six men were following me. They looked like some officials. One of them was recording a video of me. When I turned around and approached him, he hid his phone.”
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“The TTE told us that there was a possibility we could be detained on the way to Delhi. There were other members with us, including a girl. So, we decided not to continue. Some members got off at different places.”
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Sources
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