Abhijeet Dipke, Neha Bora Detained by Police in Delhi

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Delhi Police took Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke and AISA chief Neha Bora into preventive custody on Friday as they set out for the "Lehra Do Tiranga" demonstrations, Dipke bound for Connaught Place and Bora for Mandi House.

Police picked Dipke up from his home in Jhandewalan, while Bora was stopped at Mandi House. The detentions led to jostling between onlookers, camera crews and security personnel. Police sources said Dipke was then taken to Jafarpur Kalan police station.

Earlier on Friday, over 20 Delhi Police personnel had gone to Dipke's Jhandewalan residence and handed him a notice asking him to avoid any act that could infringe on the rights of citizens, traders, commuters, patients and others.

The action came as security was stepped up across the capital ahead of the protest planned for Friday evening. Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar went to the DCP New Delhi office at Parliament Street police station to go over the arrangements.

A senior police officer said, "We have detained Dipke and Bora. The situation is very peaceful. Some protesters have reached Connaught Place and will be removed soon. Our main objective is to maintain law and order and ensure smooth traffic movement."

Officers sealed off Central Park in Connaught Place and formed a human chain along its metal railings. A tear gas vehicle and a Vajra vehicle stood outside the park, with Rapid Action Force personnel posted inside. Traffic police were also stationed to manage vehicles on the inner and outer circles of Connaught Place.

Despite the heavy deployment, hundreds of protesters, among them CJP members and students' groups, assembled at Connaught Place and Mandi House for a series of flash protests, waving the national flag. Police permitted marches by several groups chanting different slogans, and some participants carried the tricolour.