India, Oct. 10 -- Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke's grandmother, Savitribai Shankar Dipke, died at the family's residence in Maharashtra's Hingoli district following a prolonged illness. She was 80.

Savitribai passed away in Dipke's ancestral village of Santuk Pimpri.

Dipke, along with several other CJP leaders, including Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, was detained by police after their flight from Mumbai landed in New Delhi.

"Abhijeet Dipke was detained in view of a protest call given by Cockroach Janta Party at Jantar Mantar, which was not permitted. During the day, unfortunate information was received regarding the death of the grandmother of Sh Abhijeet Dipke. The information was immediately shared with him with...