1 month ago
2
Police extortion has been provided astatine the household location of Abhijeet Dipke, laminitis of the satirical integer outfit, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), connected Sunday (May 24, 2026), to guarantee determination was “no crowding”.
Mr. Dipke’s family, who unrecorded successful the MIDC Waluj country of Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, person been provided with protection, the constabulary said.
“The extortion is to guarantee that determination is nary crowding astir his residence arsenic the CJP is trending online,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Pankaj Atulkar told media persons.
The CJP has gained important traction from online users of each walks of life. The CJP was founded aft the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant referred to “cockroaches” and “parasites” during a tribunal hearing.
On Saturday (May 23, 2026), Mr. Dipke claimed helium was receiving threats, portion attempts had been made to hack the CJP’s account, arsenic good arsenic crackdown connected its societal media handles. Mr. Atulkar, however, denied that extortion had been provided successful effect to threats, oregon immoderate ceremonial complaint.
‘Potential nationalist unrest’
Meanwhile, Congress enactment leaders claimed the Intelligence Bureau had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the CJP’s run could trigger unrest successful the country. The IB study had warned the PM of a “potential nationalist unrest”, resulting successful contented being blocked, Maharashtra Congress person Nana Patole alleged. “The authorities took enactment based connected the study that the run could intensify,” Mr. Patole said.
Senior Congress person Balasaheb Thorat slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for suppressing dissent. “The BJP is not addressing the people’s issues and is alternatively refusing [to allow] societal media accounts,” Mr. Thorat said.
