A Delhi Police team visited the Karol Bagh residence where Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke is staying on October 16 and served him a notice asking him not to proceed with the planned “Lehra Do Tiranga” march at Connaught Place, according to a report by The Indian Express. The march, called by the CJP and the All India Students’ Association, was scheduled to begin at 5 pm.
The police action came hours before the proposed gathering, which organisers said would involve peacefully unfurling the national flag at Central Park in Connaught Place. In a live video shared on the CJP’s Instagram page, Dipke questioned a police officer about whether waving the Tricolour was permitted. The exchange was reported by The Indian Express.
The episode has brought security management around public demonstrations into focus in one of Delhi’s busiest commercial and transit districts. Police installed multiple layers of barricades around Connaught Place to prevent protesters from entering the premises, while officers monitored the movements of CJP and AISA members who had called for the march at Central Park.
Dipke and CJP legal head Ratna Singh had alleged on Thursday evening that police and intelligence personnel were deployed around their residence and were following members of the groups. At a media briefing, Dipke said the organisations had announced a protest for October 10 and alleged that extensive forces had subsequently been deployed and movement restrictions imposed. These claims were made by the organisers and were not independently established in the supplied report.
The report also quoted Anish Gawande, spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), who said police personnel had been deployed outside and around his house on Rani Jhansi Road. Gawande criticised the deployment and said police resources could be better used to protect women and address crime in the capital.
A senior Delhi Police officer told The Indian Express that the police were keeping watch on the situation but denied that any specific arrangement had been made outside the house of a resident. The officer’s statement contrasts with the allegations made by Dipke and Gawande about police presence near private residences.
The planned march follows a period of heightened attention around demonstrations linked to the CJP and AISA. The report referenced earlier allegations by Dipke that police and intelligence personnel had been deployed around members of the organisations, but did not provide an official explanation for the wider security measures.
For Connaught Place, the immediate administrative challenge is managing a proposed gathering in a high-footfall central business and public-space district while maintaining access for residents, workers, shoppers and visitors. Barricading and movement monitoring can affect circulation through the inner circle and Central Park, although the supplied report does not specify any closures, traffic diversions or disruptions to public transport.
The Delhi Police had not announced any specific arrangement outside a resident’s house, according to the senior officer quoted in the report. The next developments depend on whether the march proceeds, how police manage access to Connaught Place and whether the authorities issue further instructions regarding the gathering.
