All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora was released after 12 hours of detention, while Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke has been put under preventive arrest for carrying out a flag march in New Delhi on Friday.
Police to file more than 7 FIRs
The duo were sent to five days’ judicial custody. Cockroach Janta Party alleged he was taken to multiple police stations around Dwarka and southwest Delhi before being detained. His location was not shared with anyone, and he was not allowed to meet a lawyer.
Delhi Police said Dipke will be produced before a special executive magistrate at Mandir Marg police station at 12 noon. Police said he was arrested following action under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). On Friday, around 4.40 pm, Dipke was detained in a police van when he was leaving for the rally from his friend’s house in Jhandewalan. A senior police officer said, “Bora and Dipke were detained in the evening of 16.10.26 under preventive sections. Bora was released after due formalities of detention under section 65 of the Delhi Police Act. Action under sections 126 and 170 of BNSS was taken against Dipke. The Delhi Police said they will also file more than 7 FIRs against the CJP and protesters for violating prohibitory orders and staging a march in the middle of Connaught Place on Friday evening.
His arrest was effected, and he would be produced before the SEM court”. Dipke announced a flag march on Friday evening after his party’s co-convenors, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were arrested for unfurling the national flag at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday.
