New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Delhi Police have rejected allegations that they prevented Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke from attending his grandmother's funeral, saying they informed him of her death and offered help to travel home, which he declined.

In a statement, Delhi Police said it conveyed the information to Dipke with due sensitivity and that he was told the scheduled funeral time.

The police also offered all possible assistance to facilitate his travel to his hometown on humanitarian grounds, but he declined the offer, according to the police account.

Dipke, along with CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, was detained after their flight landed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday, ahead...