Founder of India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement detained amid police crackdown - Al Jazeera
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Police said Abhijeet Dipke and student leaders taken into ‘preventative detention’ in New Delhi ahead of mass protest. Indian police have detained the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), student leaders and supporters, as hundreds of people poured into New Delhi to join a protest over the jailing of two activists. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained on Friday as he was leaving a house in central Delhi. Officers dragged him into a police car and drove away after a brief argument, witnesses said. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Indian opposition defies lockdown, marches to demand election chief sackinglist 2 of 3Photos: Protests over voter lists escalate in India’s capitallist 3 of 3India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders jailed after entering ‘banned’ protest siteend of list“Abhijeet is detained by Delhi Police,” CJP posted on X. “This government is so scared of the youth waving national flag.”Student activist Neha Bora, a prominent face of the protests, was also detained as she tried to reach Connaught Place, a gathering point for protests during the ‘cockroach’ demonstrations.
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