Abhijeet Dipke has publicly questioned the Delhi Police over access to phone calls to his family after his grandmother’s death. The Cockroach Janta Party founder’s post followed police claims that officers had offered assistance after his grandmother’s death. The two claims about the calls offered contradict each other.
In a post at 6:31 PM, Dipke said he had wanted to contact his cousin. He explained that the cousin had lived with . Dipke claimed that he had requested his phone briefly to retrieve his cousin’s number. He questioned why the police did not allow him to use it.
also alleged that his request to speak with a lawyer was denied. He said that the police had later asked him to call his father at 3:30 AM.
“At 3:30 in the morning, Delhi Police asks me to call my father and inform him that tomorrow I’ll be going in jail for a long time. The same father who has just lost his mother. How much more trauma did you want to put my family through after we already lost my grandmother?” Dipke wrote.
“What was the purpose of trying to call my parents at f-ing 3:30 in the morning? You wanted to torment them?” he added.
Abhijeet Dipke’s latest claim comes after Delhi DCP Neha Yadav had presented the police account at a press conference. She said that officers had approached Dipke after learning about his grandmother’s death.
According to Yadav, they offered help with flights, phone calls and other needs. She said officers had repeatedly offered calls to his parents, but he declined.
Yadav also explained why permission for a proposed Janpath sit-in protest was denied. She cited procedural failures, previous non-compliance and the prevailing security situation.
“To ensure Delhi’s security and protect the lives and property of its citizens, Section 133 BNSS was imposed in several areas of the city, prohibiting any form of gathering or protest,” she said.
“Abhijeet Dipke and two of their associates were detained on October 10 in connection with a call for a protest at Janpath as permission for the demonstration had not been granted,” she added.
To validate its claims, Delhi Police released a video showing officers informing him about the death. It apparently shows him declining a call to his parents.
“I wouldn’t be able to speak to my father,” he said when he was offered to make a call to his family.
In the video, he was offered to travel back home. He was told that the would arrange the transport for him. He was also offered a flight.
At this moment, Dipke said, “I’ll stay back.” When asked again, the CJP leader insisted that he would not leave Delhi, according to the video.
