Abhijeet Dipke, a member of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has lodged a complaint alleging that Delhi Police treated him in a manner that was both degrading and politically motivated during his time in custody. Following his release, Dipke told those gathered that no bond document bore his signature, and he extended an open invitation to authorities to detain him as often as they saw fit — whether once or a hundred times, the number was of no consequence to him.
Dipke, along with fellow Citizens for Justice and Peace activists Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, had been produced before the Executive Magistrate at Delhi Cantt Police Station prior to all three being released. Ratna Singh of CJP's legal affairs division stated that the terms attached to the release required the individual to pledge peaceful conduct over the following twelve months.
At a press gathering in Nagpur, Dipke raised objections against both the police and political leadership, arguing that neither had demonstrated respect for human dignity. He alleged that personnel under Amit Shah's command had conducted themselves in a manner unbefitting their official role, and separately stated that no bond had been signed.
Protesters vowed to return to the streets, dismissing any intimidation linked to figures such as Amit Shah and Modi. Those facing repeated detention on account of their convictions stated that no number of imprisonments would compel their submission to what they characterised as authoritarian rule.
Those remarks — including a vow to bring an end to what Dipke called a dictatorship — were delivered while he was privately grieving the loss of his paternal grandmother, Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, who had died at the age of 85. According to Dipke's account, news of her death reached him while he was being held in custody, at which point Delhi Police blocked any contact with his family or with legal representation.
He recounted that officers from the Delhi Police arrived to inform him of his grandmother's passing. He stated that he requested officers allow a brief phone call to a cousin in the village, asking that a handset be brought over for no more than two minutes. According to his account, officials at the facility did not permit the phone to be brought in and directed that a number be provided instead, while he maintained that he also held a legal entitlement to contact a lawyer.
Dipke went on to describe the circumstances of his arrest, recounting that officers arrived at 3:30 AM and instructed him to contact his parents with news of his detention, while his earlier attempt to reach legal counsel had not been permitted by Delhi Police. The purpose behind that decision, he said, remained unclear. He described being roused at 3:30 in the morning and directed to phone family members to report his arrest, at a time when his grandmother's recent death had already left those relatives in a state of distress.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Neha Yadav offered a differing account, stating that personnel had notified Dipke of his grandmother's passing and offered to help arrange his journey home on compassionate grounds. A police spokesperson indicated that upon learning of the death of the grandmother of Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, Delhi Police personnel made contact with him to deliver the news and extend whatever support they could provide, including assistance with flights, phone calls, or other practical matters. The spokesperson added that Dipke chose not to speak with his parents despite being offered the opportunity on more than one occasion.
Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, a resident of Santuk Pimpri village in Hingoli district, Maharashtra, died after a lengthy period of declining health compounded by ailments linked to advancing age. Dipke indicated a plan to travel back to his home village, where his family was waiting.
The detentions followed a demonstration outside the Jantar Mantar site on October 10, organised under CJP leadership and demanding the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. Officers were deployed in numbers at the gathering, and a series of arrests followed. In a public statement, Dipke characterised the events of October 10 as the point at which, in his view, the collapse of the current government had begun to take shape.