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Abhijeet Dipke detained from plane ahead of CJP's Delhi protest
NDTV, New Delhi
Published: 10 Oct 2026, 11:51 AM
Abhijeet Dipke, head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), gestures to the supporters of the CJP during a sit-in protest demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in New Delhi, India, June 20, 2026. REUTERS
A team of Delhi Police entered the plane in which Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke landed in Delhi on Saturday morning. Dipke went live on his instagram as cops entered the plane and detained him amid high in-flight drama ahead of the CJP's planned protest at Jantar Mantar.
Dipke posted the video showing Delhi Police team entering the flight as he alongwith other CJP members, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from the flight itself.
The video posted by Dipke showed commotion inside the flight as the CJP members argued with the cops asking them why they could not wait for them to deboard the flight. "You could have waited till we came out. Come arrest us, we are not afraid," Dipke was seen telling the women cops who boarded the plane.
Dipke had earlier in the morning left Mumbai for Delhi to lead protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar.
The CJP, in a statement, condemned the "authoritarian detention" of its Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka straight from their flight upon landing in Delhi.
Earlier, Germany-based YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, who recently travelled to India, has been detained at his residence in Kendriya Vihar society in Gurugram's Sector-56 on Saturday morning.
Dhruv Rathee has been detained after he didn’t listen to the requests of Gurugram and Delhi police teams to not travel to the national capital to take part in the CJP protest for which permission has not been granted, police said.
Delhi has been turned into a fortress, with more than 40,000 Delhi Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel deployed, and barricades and spike strips installed ahead of the Abhijeet Dipke-led CJP protest at Jantar Mantar. The protesters are seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.