UPDATED: Oct 16, 2026 17:50 IST
Delhi Police detained Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke ahead of his planned demonstration at Central Park in Connaught Place. Visuals showed police officers interacting with Dipke for several hours inside a residence, where he was served a notice and made to sign papers committing to maintaining public peace. Dipke questioned police priorities, urging them to focus on crimes against women and criminal elements in the capital rather than stopping citizens from waving the national flag. As Dipke walked out holding the Tricolour to head to Connaught Place alone, Delhi Police placed him under preventive custody and escorted him into a police vehicle.
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