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CJP Leaders Allege Police Hacking and Planted Evidence After Release
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News18•11-10-2026, 16:54
CJP Leaders Allege Police Hacking and Planted Evidence After Release
- •Sourabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka held a press conference in New Delhi after being released on bail.
- •Das alleged that Delhi Police forcibly took their phones and they fear evidence will be hacked or planted.
- •The leaders accused the central government of creating 1975 Emergency-like conditions and pushing the country toward civil war.
- •Ashutosh Ranka criticized the Delhi Police for insensitivity during the demise of CJP leader Abhijit Dipke's grandmother.
Key Questions Answered
Following their release on bail by the Executive Magistrate Court, CJP leaders Sourabh Das and Ashutosh Ranka alleged that the Delhi Police forcefully detained them from an airplane and confiscated their phones. Das claimed that their devices were cloned or hacked so that law enforcement could potentially plant fabricated evidence against them.
The CJP leaders were detained by the Delhi Police upon landing in Delhi as part of security and law enforcement actions against protests targeting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The court released the CJP leaders on a bail bond of Rs 50,000 subject to the condition that they maintain peace for a period of one year.
