# Indian police detain Cockroach Janta Party founder

https://mins.news/en/video/94331

- CNA, 2026-10-10 08:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzEHRPKogw

> The Cockroach Janta Party said police detained its founder, Abhijeet Dipke, in Delhi on Saturday (Oct 10). The youth movement had called a protest demanding the chief election commissioner’s resignation. Local TV reported that officers met Dipke at the airport after his arrival from Mumbai and asked him to cancel the protest, which authorities had banned.

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