Politics · India · 18 hrs ago
Family says it cannot reach detained CJP founder as grandmother’s rites are delayed
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, was detained by Delhi Police in New Delhi on Saturday.
He had travelled from Mumbai with party colleagues for a planned protest seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged problems with electoral rolls.
His grandmother, Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, died at her home in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district after a prolonged illness.
Delhi Police says it told Dipke about her death and offered help for him to travel home.
His mother, Anita Dipke, says the family has been unable to contact him and disputes the police account.
The family postponed the last rites, which had been scheduled for Sunday morning, until he could return.
An Executive Magistrate ordered Dipke and two other party leaders released after their preventive detention, but the accounts do not say whether he had returned home.
Abhijeet Dipke’s mother said the family could not contact him while he was detained in Delhi and accused police of lying about telling him of his grandmother’s death.
She said the family had put the last rites on hold until he could return.
Delhi Police said it had informed Dipke of the death and offered help for his journey home.
Dipke and two other Cockroach Janta Party leaders were detained ahead of a planned protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
An Executive Magistrate ordered the release of the three leaders, according to the Times of India.
- Who
- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, was detained; his mother, Anita Dipke, said the family could not reach him.
- What
- The family said it postponed his grandmother’s last rites while seeking to contact him. Police said it had informed him of her death.
- When
- Dipke was detained on Saturday, and his grandmother’s last rites were scheduled for Sunday morning.
- Where
- Dipke was detained in Delhi. His grandmother died at her home in Santuk Pimpri village, Hingoli district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- Police detained Dipke and two party colleagues ahead of a planned protest seeking the Chief Election Commissioner’s resignation.
Anita Dipke and the Cockroach Janta Party
Delhi Police
Communication about the death
Anita Dipke and the Cockroach Janta Party
Anita Dipke said the family could not contact Dipke and accused police of lying about informing him. The party questioned Dipke’s whereabouts and said his family wanted to speak with him.
Delhi Police
Police said it had immediately told Dipke about his grandmother’s death and the funeral time.
We have not been able to contact him...Delhi Police is lying. If he got the news (his grandmother's demise), he would have come immediately...we have put the last rites on hold for him...
It is now up to him whether he wants to stay back and continue the protest under detention or fly back for the last rites
The unfortunate information, regarding the death of his grandmother and known time of her funeral was immediately shared with Sh. Abhijeet Dipke
Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke died at her home in Santuk Pimpri village after a prolonged illness.
Delhi Police detained Dipke and two other CJP leaders after they arrived in Delhi for the planned protest.
Delhi Police said it had informed Dipke of his grandmother’s death and offered assistance for travel home.
The grandmother’s last rites were scheduled to take place.
Anita Dipke said the family could not contact her son and had put the last rites on hold.
- Grandmother
- Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, aged 85
- Date and time of death
- Saturday at 11.30 am
- Place of death
- Santuk Pimpri village, Hingoli district, Maharashtra
- Scheduled last rites
- Sunday at 10 am
- Detained CJP leaders
- Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka
Sources
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