CEC protest: Abhijeet Dipke under preventive arrest, Neha Bora released

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has been placed under preventive arrest, the political campaign said on Saturday.

Dipke and student leader Neha Bora had been detained on Friday in connection with separate demonstrations in central Delhi. Bora was released several hours after being detained.

The Cockroach Janta Party founder will be presented before the magistrate court on Saturday.

Dipke’s whereabouts were “still unknown” and that his lawyers had not met him, the campaign’s legal affairs head said.

He was detained when he was on his way to Connaught Place for the campaign’s “Lehra Do Tiranga” demonstration.

The demonstration to wave the national flag in central Delhi was announced as a response to the arrest of the campaign’s leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das and Ajinkya Shinde on Wednesday.

Bora, the head of the All India Students’ Association, was detained while participating in a flash protest by the student group near Barakhamba Road to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

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— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2026

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