Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke detain by the Police after the flight landed at IGI Airport, in New Delhi on October 10, 2026
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CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s paternal grandmother passed away at the age of 85 in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district on Saturday (October 10, 2026) following a prolonged illness, family sources said.

Savitribai Shankarrao Dipke breathed her last at 11.30 a.m. at the paternal house in Santuk Pimpri village. She was ill for a month and was hospitalised in Hingoli earlier.

Delhi Police has informed Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke about the demise of his grandmother. The decision now rests with him if he want to continue the protest under detention or return home to attend her last rites.

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Her last rites will be performed at 10 a.m. on Sunday (October 11, 2026), the sources said.

“As Abhijeet Dipke has been detained in the national capital, we could not contact him. But we have contacted his parents, and they are on the way to Santuk Pimpri,” said Mr. Dipke’s cousin.

He said Abhijeet Dipke had met his grandmother on August 15 when he launched the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign from the Hingoli district and one more time.

“He could not meet her in the last 20-25 days,” sources said.

The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday (October 10, 2026) claimed that its leaders Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained from inside the aircraft by Delhi Police as soon as their flight landed in the national capital.

The CJP leaders reached Delhi from Mumbai for their protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

(With inputs from PTI)

Published – October 10, 2026 03:34 pm IST