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CJP Legal Head Ratna Singh Demands Immediate Release of Activist Abhijeet Dipke
- •Cockroach Janta Party legal affairs head Ratna Singh called activist Abhijeet Dipke's arrest unlawful and urged the Special Executive Magistrate Court to release him immediately.
- •Dipke was detained by Delhi Police ahead of a planned national flag rally at Connaught Place under prohibitory orders invoked due to protests against the Election Commission.
- •Singh alleged that due process and fundamental rights were violated, noting that Dipke's whereabouts were initially withheld and lawyers were denied access.
- •Actor Prakash Raj and other critics condemned the police action, questioning how unfurling the national flag could be treated as a crime.
- •Delhi Police defended the actions, stating that prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS were violated by demonstrators in central Delhi.
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Delhi Police detained Abhijeet Dipke ahead of the planned 'Lehra Do Tiranga' rally at Connaught Place's Central Park, invoking prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS. He was subsequently targeted under preventive sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS amid demonstrations against the Election Commission's handling of electoral rolls.
Ratna Singh argued that Dipke's detention was entirely unlawful because urging people to unfurl the national flag does not constitute a crime. She also highlighted severe violations of due process, noting that he was picked up outside his residence, his whereabouts were initially concealed, and his lawyers were blocked from meeting him.
The police actions occurred amid ongoing demonstrations by opposition leaders, INDIA bloc parties, and student organizations against the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. During these protests, police detained approximately 150 demonstrators and registered multiple FIRs for violating prohibitory orders.
