Have come to get arrested: CJP's Abhijeet Dipke to cops inside AI plane in Delhi

CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke was detained by Delhi Police inside an Air India aircraft after it landed in Delhi on Saturday. He repeatedly told officers to arrest him and said he was not afraid.“Have come to get arrested,” CJP leader Abhijeet Dipke told Delhi Police officers as they detained him and party's co-conveners Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka from inside an Air India plane moments after it landed in the national capital on Saturday.Unfazed by the police action, Dipke challenged the officers, asking how they could detain him before he reached the protest site, and declared, “I am not afraid of you guys.”“Just a second... How can you do this? Go ahead, arrest me,” Dipke told the police.“I have come to get arrested. Go ahead, arrest me,” he said in another remark, adding, “I am not afraid of you guys.”The CJP had called the demonstration to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.In a statement issued on Saturday, the party strongly condemned the detention of Dipke, Das and Ranka. It alleged that the police had carried out a pre-planned interception to prevent its leaders from reaching the protest site and described the action as an attempt to cripple the leadership of the peaceful demonstration.The CJP also accused the police of violating the leaders’ freedom of movement and demanded their immediate and unconditional release. - Ends