New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday alleged that party leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde remain in police detention, claiming that legal representatives are being denied permission to meet them.
In apost on X, Dipke questioned the police action and alleged a violation of procedural norms.
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“Saurav, Ashu and Ajinkya are still in detention and the police is not allowing the lawyers to meet them,” Dipke stated in a post on X. “How can police stop lawyers from meeting them? This is kidnapping because the police certainly not following the rule of law.”
The statement comes after CJP activist Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, and Ajinkya Shinde were detained by Delhi Police earlier on Tuesday while attempting to enter the Jantar Mantar protest site. The action followed the de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a designated demonstration site by authorities a day prior.
Earlier, Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activist Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday alleged that party members detained in Delhi had been kept at separate locations and claimed that police prevented lawyers from entering a police station.
Speaking about the detention of party members, Dipke said he had spoken to CJP legal head Ratna Singh, who informed him that Ashutosh, Ajinkya and Saurav had been kept separately, while 11 volunteers accompanying them had been taken elsewhere.
“I spoke to Ratna (CJP Legal Head Ratna Singh) just now; she told me that Ashutosh, Ajinkya, and Saurav have been kept separately (after detention in Delhi). The 11 volunteers who were with them have been taken somewhere else,” he said.
The remarks came as Delhi Police on Tuesday detained CJP activists Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das, and Ajinkya Shinde after they attempted to break the cordon and enter Jantar Mantar after it had been denotified as a protest spot.
Dipke alleged that police did not allow the party’s lawyers to enter the police station when they arrived and that other party members were threatened with detention.
“When our lawyers reached the Police Station, Police didn’t let them enter. Others from our party were threatened with detention there,” he added.”Dictatorship is going on in the country. Rules are being ignored. What are you scared of? I don’t understand why Gyanesh Kumar is so important to Narendra Modi,” Dipke further said.
Earlier, denouncing the arrests, Dipke questioned the legality and morality of the police action.
“Our team went to Jantar Mantar this morning and hoisted the tricolor. When did hoisting the tricolor become a violation? Whoever thinks that hoisting the tricolor at Jantar Mantar is a violation is a traitor. And if Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, Ajinkya Shinde, and the others who were arrested for hoisting the tricolor are charged, then there should be strict action taken against them. How can you arrest someone for hoisting the tricolor? What kind of country is this? What kind of rule is this?” Dipke questioned. (ANI)
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