India: CJP's Dipke detained amid call for fresh Delhi demo

· DW

Police placed the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, Abhijeet Dipke, in preventive detention. He was calling for a protest in central Delhi in defiance of police efforts to restrict it. DW has more.

Here are the latest developments from India on Friday, October 16:

  • The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) had called for a 'Lehra Do Tiranga' (Wave The Tricolor) rally in Connaught Place in central Delhi
  • Movement founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained by police as he tried to access the area
  • Officers cited an order restricting protests in the commercial center on security grounds known as Section 163
  • Other protesters nevertheless managed to reach Central Park as dusk fell 
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  • Indian Embassy calls on nationals in Saudi Arabia to remain calm and alert amid intensifying Houthi strikes

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