CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke, AISA chief Neha Bohra detained by Delhi Police

AISA president Neha Bora is detained during a protest near Mandi House, demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation. CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke was also detained ahead of his ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest.

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, AISA president Neha Bora, actor-activist Prakash Raj, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, SFI leader Aishe Ghosh, senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union president Sheikh Salauddin and others address a press conference at the Press Club of India in Delhi | Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke and AISA chief Neha Bohra were detained by Delhi Police on Friday while on their way to Connaught Place to participate in the ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ protest in Connaught Place.

While Dipke was picked up from his home in Jhandewalan, Bohra was detained in Mandi House, both in Central Delhi. There was chaos with jostling crowds, camera crews and swarms of security personnel as the two were detained.

Earlier in the day, more than 20 Delhi Police personnel visited Dipke’s residence in Jhandewalan and served him a notice directing him to refrain from any action that could prejudice the rights of citizens, traders, commuters, patients and others.

The police action comes amid heightened security arrangements in the national capital ahead of the protest on Friday evening.