Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke in a conversation with YouTuber Dhruv Rathee. (Image Credit: PTI)
GURGAON: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained by Gurgaon Police on Saturday morning ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi.His reported detention comes amid heightened security arrangements in the national capital ahead of the demonstration, which has been called over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls.The protesters are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Rathee had arrived in Delhi ahead of the proposed protest and had publicly questioned the extensive security restrictions imposed in the national capital.Sources said Gurgaon Police personnel in plain clothes detained Rathee on Saturday morning.A Gurgaon police officer said the police had tried to persuade Rathee not to attend the protest, citing prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Delhi and the absence of permission for the demonstration.“Gurgaon police tried to make Dhruv Rathee understand that he should not join the CJP protest as they don’t have permission for the same, he didn’t agreed and rather kept posting on social media that he would be at the protest venue in Delhi, we detained him in the morning,” the officer said.Gurgaon Police have also placed several Congress workers and members of other political parties under house arrest.
