Abhijeet Dipke informed of grandmother’s death while in Delhi Police detention
“It is now up to him whether he wants to stay back and continue the protest under detention or fly back for the last rites,” Delhi Police sources, quoted by news agency ANI said on Saturday. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has informed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke about the death of his grandmother while he remains in detention in the national capital ahead of the party’s proposed protest against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Delhi Police had denied permission for the demonstration, citing public safety, traffic management and law-and-order concerns. Security was tightened across the capital ahead of the planned protest.
Dipke, along with CJP co-convenor Saurav Das and leader Ashutosh Ranka, was detained by Delhi Police after arriving in the capital from Mumbai on Saturday.
Dipke’s paternal grandmother, Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, 85, died at her home in Santuk Pimpri village in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district at 11.30am on Saturday following a prolonged illness, family sources told PTI. He said Dipke had met his grandmother on August 15, when he launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign in Hingoli district, and met her once more afterwards. He had not been able to see her in the last 20-25 days, family sources said.
Because he was detained in Delhi, dipke’s cousin said the family had been unable to contact him. His parents had been informed and were on their way to the village.