'Send male officers forward’: Dipke tells women cops aboard flight before detention
Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, was detained by police at Delhi airport ahead of a planned protest against the Election Commission. The incident involved confrontations with female police personnel and subsequent security crackdowns on other party members and activists.
Why it matters
The detention highlights ongoing political tensions and the state's use of security measures to preemptively suppress protests against electoral authorities.
NEW DELHI: “Please send the male officers forward, male officer,” Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke repeatedly told women police personnel during his detention inside an aircraft at Delhi airport on Saturday.Dipke was detained alongside CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka ahead of the party’s proposed ‘Jantar Mantar 2.0’ protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.In a video of the incident, Dipke is seen challenging the police to arrest him and questioning the grounds for his detention.
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