Delhi Police indicated that AISA president Neha Bora walked free in the early hours of Saturday, while CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke is set to appear before the SEM court. Ahead of the 'Lehra Do Tiranga' demonstration planned for Connaught Place on Friday, authorities placed both individuals under preventive detention.
Police said Bora met the procedural conditions attached to her detention under Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act and was released, while Dipke faced a separate arrest on allegations of breaching the peace — charges brought under Sections 126 and 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. According to law enforcement sources, the founder of CJP is scheduled to appear before the Special Executive Magistrate court during the afternoon hours. A ruling from the SEM court on whether he faces detention or walks free on bail is expected.
On 10 October, a breach-of-peace case was filed against Dipke in connection with his detention at the airport. A peace bond covering a twelve-month period was placed before him for signature.
Following her release, Bora described the overnight detentions as unlawful and called for both the discontinuation of the SIR process and the stepping down of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, stating that she had been held at Mandi House and then at the police station through the night until 5 am, and questioning the authority under which such detentions were being carried out. Documented accounts of such practices within the country stretch back years, and activism around the issue has brought instances of those detentions into broader public view. Those detentions had previously gone unexamined, and the reporting drew wider attention to their use.
Bora told a broadcaster that those in question profess commitment to legal procedures and established rules, yet the actual conduct on the ground bears no resemblance to those stated principles. The AISA president also called for the immediate release of all individuals taken into custody during the protests, including Dipke, while the organisation's statement described a pattern in which police were said to be apprehending people after dark and freeing them the following day or evening.
No legal basis for detentions of this nature has been identified. Calls for the release of those taken into custody — Abhijeet Dipke among them — have been put forward by advocates of the detained demonstrators.
Bora called for the movement restrictions placed on central Delhi to be lifted, and urged both Gyanesh Kumar and the ruling party to set aside what she described as an attitude of arrogance. She called for Gyanesh Kumar's removal from office and potential prosecution, while also urging that the SIR process be halted — positions she framed as necessary for the welfare of Delhi's residents and the broader public.
Police sources indicated that Bora was taken into custody near Mandi House and Dipke near Jhandewalan that Friday, both apprehended while making their way toward Connaught Place. According to AISA, Bora spent roughly five hours being transported between multiple locations throughout Delhi following her detention, before officers eventually brought her to RK Puram police station.
The organisation's statement said that legal representatives arrived at RK Puram police station around midnight, yet access to Bora was not granted to them. The statement went on to allege that no timeline for her release had been communicated by police, and that her medication had been withheld even though officers were reportedly aware she had been feeling unwell for a number of days.
Roughly 150 individuals were taken into custody by officers, who cited the need to maintain public order and allow traffic to flow without disruption. A cordon went up around Central Park in Connaught Place, with Rapid Action Force units positioned within the grounds and further personnel from supporting forces taking up posts throughout the surrounding area.