UPDATED: Oct 16, 2026 15:00 IST
Delhi Police personnel visited the residence of Nationalist Congress Party spokesperson Anish Gawande in New Delhi, where Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has been staying, to serve him a formal legal notice. The police spent around forty minutes at the residence ahead of a scheduled protest march at Connaught Place. Visuals showed Dipke receiving and signing the notice after writing on the document. The notice apprised him of prohibitory orders enforced under Section 163 in the Connaught Place and Central Park areas, which prohibit unlawful assemblies. Ground reporters confirmed that authorities warned Dipke against violating the restrictions, noting that strict legal action would follow any breach of public order. Dipke earlier maintained that there was no plan to stage an unauthorized protest and that the group intended only to unfurl the national flag during the Tiranga Yatra.
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