The Cockroach Janta Party has accused Delhi Police of politicizing the death of Abhijeet Dipke’s grandmother.
NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday accused Delhi Police of playing “petty politics” over founder Abhijeet Dipke’s grandmother’s death, alleging that neither his family nor the party’s lawyers had been informed of his whereabouts after his detention in the national capital. The party’s reaction came after Delhi Police sources said Dipke had been informed of his grandmother’s death and could choose whether to remain in detention and continue the protest or return to Maharashtra for the last rites. “We are stunned by the Delhi Police playing such petty politics around the personal tragedy that Abhijeet Dipke and his family has suffered,” the CJP said in a post on X. The party said police should allow Dipke’s family and lawyers to speak to him and “release him IMMEDIATELY”, instead of sharing information with the media.
Delhi Police had denied permission for the protest, citing public safety, traffic management and law-and-order concerns. Security was tightened across the capital ahead of the planned demonstration.
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 after a prolonged illness, family sources told PTI.
“No one from Abhijeet Dipke’s family or CJP lawyers have been informed about his whereabouts,” it added, expressing concern over the safety of Dipke and the two other detained CJP leaders, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.