Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was arrested by Delhi Police on October 16 under preventive provisions ahead of planned protests in the capital. AISA president Neha Bora, who was also detained that evening, was released after the completion of formalities under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act, according to police.
Police said action was taken against Dipke under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). He will be produced before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) today.
According to police, Dipke had been served two notices directing him not to visit Central Park in Connaught Place, but he allegedly failed to comply. Police said his detention was linked to concerns over a breach of peace.
Police are also expected to tell the magistrate that Dipke violated the conditions of a peace bond furnished during an earlier preventive arrest. He had reportedly furnished a bond of Rs 50,000 and been directed not to disturb public peace for one year.
CJP had alleged that Dipke was taken to an undisclosed location and that the party had lost contact with him. It also claimed he was not being allowed to speak to lawyers.
“The Delhi Police has taken Abhijeet Dipke to an undisclosed location. We have lost contact with him. He is not being allowed to talk to lawyers,” the party said in a post on X.
“Why does this government treat youth like terrorists? We are equal citizens of India and we deserve all the protections and rights of the Constitution!” it added.
AISA ALLEGED REPEATED SHIFTING OF BORA
The All India Students’ Association (AISA) earlier said its president, Neha Bora, had been traced to the RK Puram police station after hours of uncertainty over her whereabouts, but alleged that she had been moved between locations across Delhi for nearly five hours.
The student organisation said lawyers who reached the police station around midnight were denied access to Bora. It also alleged that police had not clarified the grounds for her detention or when she would be released, despite being aware that she had been unwell for the past few days.
“The police is not allowing lawyers to meet Neha at RK Puram. They are not allowing medication to be given too,” AISA said in a post on X, demanding to know the charges under which she was being held.
“Why is Delhi Police holding Neha until midnight in a police station? When will Neha be released? Why is a women student leader being put in a police station at midnight?” the organisation asked.
Neha Bora of AISA has since been released.
Both were taken into preventive custody ahead of the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest march at Connaught Place here on Friday.
Bora was released after completing formalities related to her detention under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act, while Dipke was arrested in a fresh case for breach of peace under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), police said.
The CJP founder will be produced before the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court later in the day, police sources said.
The SEM court will decide whether he will be sent to jail or released on bail, they added.
Earlier, when Dipke was detained at the airport on October 10, a separate case for breach of peace had been registered. He was made to sign a bond undertaking not to disturb peace for one year.