Goa, Oct. 16 -- The detention of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke ahead of the organisation's Tiranga March in central Delhi has raised questions about its leadership and contingency plans, even as the group maintained that it was prepared for such a situation.

Dipke was taken into preventive custody by Delhi Police shortly before the march was scheduled to begin at 5 pm at Central Park in Connaught Place. The organisation had announced the demonstration amid heightened security and restrictions on public gatherings.

Earlier in the afternoon, police personnel visited the Jhandewalan residence where Dipke was staying and served him a notice asking him not to participate in the march. The notice cited restrictions under...