Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Tuesday alleged that the Maharashtra police was trying to clamp down on his party's planned protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi next week, to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Addressing a press conference in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Dipke alleged that the Maharashtra police was behaving like the Delhi police by serving notices to CJP workers, asking them not to participate in the upcoming protest, and questioning them about the source of funds for their travel to New Delhi. He shared copies of two such notices issued by the Chandrapur police to CJP workers in the district, referred to the police action as a form of "dictatorship", and accused chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of potentially "misusing" the police for political ambitions. In one such notice issued to Mayur Malkhede, which Dipke shared with the media, the Ballarpur police stated, "You should not participate in the New Delhi protest without permission. Do not take along violent protestors, and do not make violent posts on social media or make provocative speeches. Upon violating the notice you will have to face preventive or criminal action." Dipke also said that he could be arrested and was ready for the consequences. "If they want, they should put me behind bars and charge me under UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) or NSA (National Security Act)," he said, urging CJP workers to begin their agitation wherever they were detained or arrested....