CJP activist Abhijeet Dipke accuses Delhi police of torture, dares government to jail him a hundred times

Abhijeet Dipke, a prominent figure in the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), went public on Sunday with serious accusations against the Delhi Police. After being released from custody – along with fellow activists Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das – Dipke claimed the police had treated him in an "inhumane" and politically motivated manner.

According to Dipke, the worst part came when he learned that his 85‑year‑old grandmother, Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke, had died while he was still in detention. He says he asked the officers for a brief phone call to inform his cousin and to speak with his lawyer, but the request was flatly denied. “They told me they could not bring my phone and asked for the number instead,” he told reporters, adding that even a call to his lawyer was blocked.

Dipke also described the timing of the police’s notification as deliberately harsh. “At 3:30 am the police woke me up and told me to call my parents to tell them I was arrested,” he said. “My family was already reeling from my grandmother’s death – they didn’t need that extra shock.”

Unfazed, the activist declared he had never signed any bond and would not be silenced by arrests. “Throw us in jail not just once, but a hundred times – we do not fear your dictatorship,” he shouted, positioning his fight as a broader resistance against what he called “goons in uniform” under the leadership of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi.

Delhi Police, for its part, offered a different narrative. Deputy Commissioner of Police Neha Yadav said officers had promptly informed Dipke about his grandmother’s passing and asked if he needed assistance – such as arranging travel, phone calls, or any other help – which Dipke allegedly refused.

The arrests stem from a CJP‑led protest at Jantar Mantar demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The demonstration was met with a heavy police presence and mass detentions, an episode Dipke labeled “the beginning of the end of this dictatorship.”

As the saga unfolds, the clash between the activist’s claims of rights violations and the police’s version of events highlights the fraught atmosphere surrounding political dissent in India today.