Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Sunday that the Assam Police detained the movement's co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and other supporters and took them to an 'unknown location'.
Dipke said that Ranka and the CJP supporters were planning to have a volunteer meetup in Assam when they were 'picked up' from a private residence.
"They have still not been told under what charges or on what grounds he has been detained," Abhijeet Dipke posted on X. "If Ashu is not released, I will go to Assam along with other CJP members. Himanta can arrest us all."
Dipke has claimed that lawyers representing CJP were not being allowed to enter the place where Ranka and the others are allegedly being detained.
Earlier on the day, Ranka posted a video of himself inside a police van, claiming the police disrupted their peaceful meet-up.
Dipke said that Ranka and the others were planning on having a volunteer meetup in Assam when the detention happened. He further alleged that lawyers representing the outfit are not being allowed to enter the place in which the group is being detained.
Assam Police has detained @AshutoshRanka and CJP team and taking them to an unknown location.
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) September 27, 2026
Ashu and co were going to have a small volunteers meet up in Assam.
🚨URGENT🚨
— Ashutosh Ranka (@AshutoshRanka) September 27, 2026
The entire road leading to the meet-up site has been barricaded from both sides. Assam police is ready with tear gas.
Our volunteers are being detained. No one is being allowed to reach the meet-up site.
Why is Assam govt so scared of @Cockroachisback? pic.twitter.com/DuR0tvBB56
(This is a developing story. More details will be updated.)
