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Delhi Police makes preventive arrest of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke amidst tight security
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News18•17-10-2026, 06:19
Delhi Police makes preventive arrest of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke amidst tight security
- •Delhi Police has preventively arrested Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janata Party, on charges of breaching peace and violating BNS provisions.
- •Dipke was detained during the CJP's Tricolor March at Central Park in Connaught Place and will be presented before the SEM court.
- •While CJP claimed the Lehra Do Tricolor campaign was a success, authorities invoked sections 126 and 170 of the BNSS for precautionary action.
- •AISA leader Neha Bora was also detained earlier from Mandi House and later released, amidst heavy police and CAPF deployment in New Delhi.
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Delhi Police preventively detained Abhijeet Dipke on charges of violating sections of the BNS and for a breach of peace ahead of the CJP's 'Lehra Do Tricolor' march at Connaught Place's Central Park.
The police utilized Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) for precautionary action, alongside citing prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS due to a lack of permission for the march.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee strongly criticized the detention, describing it as "nothing short of an undeclared Emergency" and an attempt by a regime to suppress youth and democratic dissent.
