Published Oct 11, 2026 | 9:10 AM ⚊ Updated Oct 11, 2026 | 9:11 AM
Delhi police detain Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka from the flight
Synopsis: Delhi Police is expected to produce Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke and party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka before an Executive Magistrate on Sunday, a day after they were detained from an Air India flight arriving in Delhi. The trio had travelled from Bengaluru to lead a protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Delhi Police is expected to produce Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka before an Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station at 9 am on Sunday, 11 October, a day after they were detained from an Air India flight upon its arrival in the national capital, Livelaw reported.
The trio had arrived from Bengaluru to lead the protest called by the CJP, with support from Left student groups, trade unions and others, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Dipke also lost his paternal grandmother later the same day.
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Delhi was placed under its biggest security lockdown since the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the protest.
More than 26,000 police personnel were deployed across the city, with barricades erected at multiple locations. The Delhi Police prepared 12 detention centres, which began filling up as the day progressed.
Police also detained protesters travelling by train. By evening, around 3,000 people had been taken into custody.
Forty-five metro stations were shut and internet services were suspended. Student neighbourhoods were barricaded, police personnel were deployed outside major campuses, and bus services and cab movement into Connaught Place were severely curtailed.
Before Dipke was detained, several CPI(M) central committee members staying at Kerala House, on the same road as Jantar Mantar, attempted to march towards the protest site.
Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan was among those detained. CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby and several others accompanying him were also taken into custody.
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
