"I've Come To Get Arrested": Moment Abhijeet Dipke Was Detained From Plane

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was on Saturday detained by Delhi Police after his flight landed in the national capital, ahead of the demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

A video from inside the Air India plane showed women cops detaining 30-year-old Dipke and other CJP leaders, including Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka.

"I have come here to be arrested. Arrest me. I am not afraid of you," Dipke, who was flying from Mumbai, was heard telling the police.

"No, this is not an arrest. Sir, please cooperate," one of the cops responded.

"Let me carry my bag," Dipke then requested.

#WATCH | Delhi Police personnel enter the aircraft that was carrying Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Founder Abhijeet Dipke to Delhi. The flight landed at IGI Airport a few minutes ago. "...I have come here to be arrested; arrest me," Abhijeet Dipke tells Delhi Police "No, this is not an arrest. Please cooperate," Delhi Police personnel tell him.

— ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2026

Sources told NDTV that the three CJP leaders have been taken to different locations. While Dipke has been taken to a detention centre in Gurugram, Das and Ranka have been taken to separate locations in Delhi.

The CJP, the Gen-Z youth protest movement whose sit-in at Delhi's Jantar Mantar against the paper leak of the national medical entrance exam led to the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in July, condemned the detentions.

In a statement, the party also described the action as a violation of freedom of movement and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the three leaders.

The CJP has called the proposed demonstration at Jantar Mantar against Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of voter-list manipulation during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and changes relating to Form 6, used for voter registration.

Dhruv Rathee, CJP Legal Head Also Detained

YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, who came to India from Germany to join the CJP leaders, was also detained this morning.

32-year-old Rathee, who has over 33 million subscribers on YouTube, 19 million followers on Instagram, and 3.3 million on X, was detained from his residence in Gurugram's Sector 56. According to sources, around 50 policemen from Delhi Police had come to detain Rathee.

Abhijeet Dipke and Dhruv Rathee during a protest in Bengaluru on October 8
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CJP's legal cell head Ratna Singh also put out a video claiming that she has been detained ahead of the protest.

She claimed that Delhi Police personnel landed at her house in the morning and asked not to leave. She said that as she sat in her car, a group policemen surrounded it and she was allowed to leave.

"Cops didn't give me any reason for detention," she said in a video posted from her car.

400 Detained, Metros Shut, Trains Cancelled Ahead Of CJP's Protest

Over 400 people have been detained overnight, hundreds of trains cancelled and dozens of metro stations shut ahead of the protest.

The Centre has deployed over 20,000 personnel from the police and the Central Armed Police Forces to maintain law and order.

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The police have denied the permission, citing cited late submission of application and rule violations during a previous demonstration as reasons for denying the permission.

The police said they received the application seeking permission for the protest on October 7, just three days before the protest. However, according to rules, such applications have to be submitted at least 10 days in advance, they said.