CJP leaders Dipke, Ranka and Das to be produced before magistrate in Delhi after nearly 24 hours in detention

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke along with co-conveners Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were detained by Delhi Police after their flight landed in the national capital. | Photo Credit: PTI After nearly 24 hours in detention, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das are expected to be produced before an executive magistrate at the Delhi Cantonment Police Station on Sunday morning (October 11, 2026).The three CJP leaders were detained from their aircraft seats on Saturday morning (October 10, 2026) ahead of the group’s scheduled protest at Jantar Mantar seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Keep track | Anti-CEC protests key highlights - October 11, 2026The three have been detained under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which deal with security for keeping the peace and arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences, respectively.The Delhi Police are scheduled to produce them before an executive magistrate at Delhi Cantonment Police Station at 9 a.m. on Sunday (October 11, 2026), CJP’s legal head Ratna Singh said.Ms. Singh, along with other lawyers, reached the police station on Sunday morning to seek information about the leaders and their detention. “Since Saturday morning, no one knows where they are. Their families have no idea, and the lawyers have no clue,” she said, questioning the circumstances of their detention.The detentions came amid an extensive security operations ahead of the October 10 protest at Jantar Mantar. The three leaders arrived in Delhi from Mumbai on Saturday morning (October 10, 2026). Police personnel entered their aircraft shortly after it landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and detained them before they could disembark. The CJP subsequently said that the leaders had been taken to an undisclosed location.The CJP had aslo alleged that the detentions were part of a pre-planned move to prevent its leaders from reaching the protest site. Several other party leaders and associates were also placed under house arrest from Friday night, according to the organisation.The police had denied permission for the October 10 demonstration, citing the late submission of the application, alleged non-compliance with conditions imposed during an earlier protest, and concerns over law and order, public safety and traffic management. The CJP had sought permission on October 7, three days before the proposed gathering, while the police said applications for protests at Jantar Mantar had to be submitted at least 10 days in advance.Prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS were also in force in the New Delhi district ahead of the protest. The provision empowers authorities to issue orders to prevent an apprehended danger or disturbance, including restrictions on gatherings in specified circumstances. The restrictions formed part of wider security measures intended to prevent protesters from assembling at the site despite the denial of permission.Section 126 of the BNSS provides for requiring a person to execute a bond to keep the peace in specified circumstances, while Section 170 empowers the police to make preventive arrests when they know of a design to commit a cognisable offence and believe it cannot otherwise be prevented. Published - October 11, 2026 09:05 am IST