India, May 24 -- Police have been deployed for protection at online satirical movement Cockroach Janta Party's (CPJ) founder Abhijeet Dipke's home in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, where his parents live while he is a student at Boston in the US, officials said on Sunday.

Deputy commissioner of police Pankaj Atulkar confirmed the deployment.

"We have given round-the-clock general police protection to Abhijeet Dipke's residence located in MIDC Waluj area. This is to ensure there is no crowding at his place since the CJP issue is trending on social media right now," DCP Atulkar told news agency PTI.

He denied that any formal complaint had been received at any police station under his jurisdiction.

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