Security stepped up in India's capital for 'cockroach' movement rally
Police and paramilitary forces are on alert as organizers call for supporters to gather with the national flag and demand the release of jailed CJP leaders.
- On Friday, October 16, 2026, Delhi Police tightened security across Connaught Place, deploying 220 companies of Central Armed Police Forces ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's planned 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march at Central Park.
- Following the five-day judicial custody of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on Wednesday for trespassing at the denotified Jantar Mantar protest site, founder Abhijeet Dipke called for the demonstration.
- The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to restrain the CJP from holding the protest, even as authorities closed Central Park for two days citing 'administrative reasons' and imposed Section 163 prohibitory orders.
- Police detained CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday as he left his residence, citing preventive detention orders, despite his assertion that "waving the Tiranga is not a crime."
- The standoff occurs amid broader protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, with security agencies requesting deployment extensions through October 20.
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Abhijeet Dipke stopped in New Delhi as he left his home to go to a demonstration he called against the revision of the electoral lists
In anticipation of new protests against the amendment of the electoral rolls called for by the "Croaches Party" the Indian police lifted the high alert again today in New Delhi, the capital.
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