India, Oct. 11 -- Savitribai Dipke, the paternal grandmother of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, died at the family's ancestral home in Santuk Pimpri village in Maharashtra's Hingoli district on Saturday, hours after he was detained by Delhi police in New Delhi.

Savitribai, 85, who was suffering from age-related ailments, breathed her last at around 11:30 am. She had been unwell for over a month and had been hospitalised in Hingoli weeks ago. The family is now uncertain whether Dipke will be able to attend her last rites, as they have been unable to contact him following his detention.

Dipke's father, Bhagwanrao Dipke who was in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, told mediapersons that the family had been unable to establish ...