BREAKING: Neha Bora, Abhijeet Dipke detained; drones deployed to monitor crowd near Connaught Place

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and AISA activist Neha Bora were detained by Delhi Police on Friday ahead of the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march. Police denied permission for the Connaught Place protest, citing restrictions under Section 163 of the BNSS. The demonstration was called against the arrest of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were remanded to judicial custody after entering Jantar Mantar on October 13. Over 6,000 police personnel were to be deployed across Lutyens’ Delhi, with another 5,000 kept in reserve. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police permitted CJP to hold its solidarity rally at the designated protest site, Azad Maidan.

Mamata Banerjee on Friday condemned the detention of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, accusing Delhi Police of suppressing democratic rights and creating an “undeclared Emergency”. In a post on X, Banerjee questioned why Dipke was detained for holding the national flag and alleged that the government was attempting to intimidate young protesters into silence. Calling the government's conduct authoritarian, she expressed solidarity with Dipke and jailed CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das. Banerjee asserted that detentions and intimidation could not crush democratic aspirations and urged citizens to continue defending freedom and the constitutional right to dissent.

 ‘I’m alone, how is this violation?,' Dipke asks Delhi cops during detention

Abhijeet Dipke was detained in Delhi on his way to Connaught Place today. In a video shared by CJP's Ashutosh Ranka, Dipke can be heard asking a police official how is he violating any law when he is alone. “How is this violation? I am alone,” Dipke said. Earlier today, he was asked not to take out a march over Section 163 of the BNSS.