Abhijeet Dipke served notice: What did Delhi Police say about Connaught Place protest? READ IN FULL HERE

Delhi Police personnel turned up at the residence of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and served him a notice barring him from holding a protest in Connaught Place on Friday.

The CJP's protest, 'Lehra Do Tiranga' march, is proposed to be held at Central Park in Connaught Place at 5 pm. The police action came only hours before the march is scheduled to begin. As many as 20 Delhi Police personnel reached Dipke's residence t serve the notice.

The notoce referred to the need to account for "obstruction to traffic or danger to human safety or disturbance to public tranquillity" while evaluating requests for public demonstrations. Any crowd build-up in the area could pose a serious risk of congestion and stampede, it said.

The notice further flagged the area's older buildings and narrow service lanes, which limit the movement of fire tenders and ambulances. Ambulances serving several nearby hospitals depend on clear routes in the area, and any additional footfall from an unauthorised and unregulated gathering could severely compromise the emergency response system.

Here is the notice in full:

To,

Sh. Abhijeet Dipke,

 

Founder & Convenor,

 

 Cockroach Janta Party,

 

(Through SHO/Connaught Place)

 

Subject: Regarding proposed unlawful assembly /demonstration at Connaught Place on 16.10.2026

 

1. This letter is being issued in furtherance of the directions of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in W.P. (C) 15495/2026 & CM APPL. 72636/2026 and W.P. (C) 15500/2026 & CM APPL. 72748/2026 with reference to your public statements and calls on social media to assemble at 5 PM at Connaught Place on 16.10.2026, without lawful permission being sought for the same.

 

 

2. Connaught Place is a busy commercial hub, comprising concentric circles joined by radial roads, with limited points of entry and exit. A crowd gathered on one circle can quickly obstruct the others, making dispersal and emergency egress difficult.

 

 

3. It houses a dense concentration of showrooms, restaurants, hotels, banks, offices and street vendors, so any disruption, particularly during evening and weekend hours, as well as the peak festival season, directly affects the livelihood of traders and their employees. Over 15 lakh traders and their employees depend on its peaceful and orderly functioning for the exercise of their fundamental right.

 

 

4. Connaught Place is also served by the Rajiv Chowk Metro station, a vital interchange between the Blue and Yellow Lines and one of the busiest in the network. It caters to an average of 2 lakh commuters every day. Any crowd build-up in this area poses a serious risk of congestion and stampede.

 

 

5. Also present are several arterial roads which are key to movement across the city, and whose obstruction would paralyse traffic across central Delhi, costing citizens valuable time. Connaught Place is subject to heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and an unauthorised gathering will acutely affect public movement in the area. This would also undermine the directions issued in *Amit Saini v. Commissioner of Police*, which requires that due regard be paid to the inconvenience caused to commuters on account of such gatherings.

 

 

6. Connaught Place lies in close proximity to the Parliament, central secretariat and diplomatic precincts, raising a legitimate concern about spillover towards protected zones and jeopardising public order and safety.

 

 

7. Moreover, the predominance of older buildings and narrow service lanes act as limitations on the free movement of fire-tenders and ambulances in the area. Further, the ambulances of many nearby hospitals depend on routes being clear in the area. Any additional footfall in the form of an unauthorised and unregulated gathering can severely compromise the emergency response system in the area.

 

 

8. In view of these considerations, and the serious risk an unlawful gathering in Connaught Place poses to public order and to the rights of other citizens, a prohibitory order under Section 163, BNSS is currently in force. Any contravention of the same will invite action under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and other applicable provisions of law.

 

 

9. At this juncture, it is relevant to state the past conduct of CJP, which had resulted in a breach of peace and grave disruption of public order. The previous demonstrations by CJP were carried out by flagrantly flouting the conditions upon which the permission had been granted to them. Their unauthorised calls for a march to the Parliament, which is a symbol of Indian sovereignty, resulted in serious violence and damage to public and private property.