Tushar Gandhi and 11 others have been named in an FIR registered by Mumbai Police following a protest in support of the CJP at August Kranti Maidan. Alongside the named individuals, approximately 600 protesters were detained during the demonstration.
A habeas corpus petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy challenging the detention of several political leaders by the Delhi Police during protests against the Chief Election Commissioner.
Advocate Ratna Singh and several other lawyers were taken into police custody during a protest near the Supreme Court complex. Following an urgent appeal to the Chief Justice of India and the filing of a petition in Saket Court, the detained individuals were released by the police, leading the court to dispose of the matter.
Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das, and Ashutosh Ranka were taken into preventive custody by Delhi Police ahead of a proposed protest at Jantar Mantar. They were subsequently released by a Delhi court on the condition of maintaining peace for one year.
Following the release of a video by the Delhi Police showing officers informing Abhijeet Dipke about the death of his grandmother, Dipke challenged the authenticity and context of the footage. He alleged that the police failed to provide him access to his phone and legal counsel during his detention.
The Delhi Police released video evidence to counter claims made by CJP members, stating that Abhijeet Dipke was informed of his grandmother's passing at the time of his detention.
Abhijeet Dipke issued a statement claiming that during his detention, police denied him access to his phone to contact a lawyer and pressured him to call his parents at 3:30 AM to threaten them with his long-term incarceration.
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday said he had not signed any bond barring him or other party leaders from staging further protests demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. “We will hit the streets again. We are not afraid of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah,” Dipke told reporters at Nagpur airport before leaving for Hingoli in Maharashtra to attend his grandmother’s last rites. “Put me in jail a hundred times; we are not afraid of your dictatorship. We will end this dictatorship,” he said. His remarks came shortly after Delhi Police released a video refuting allegations that Dipke was not informed about his grandmother’s death while in preventive custody on October 10. Police said the news was conveyed to him sensitively and that assistance was offered to facilitate his travel to his hometown for the funeral, but he declined the offer. The video was released after Dipke’s mother accused Delhi Police of lying, alleging that her son had not been informed of his grandmother’s death on Saturday. (With inputs from PTI)
Saurav Das has expressed concerns regarding the seizure of mobile phones during the detention of the CJP leaders, alleging that police failed to provide a seizure memo and that devices may have been cloned or compromised to plant evidence.
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