New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke and several party workers have been booked in Maharashtra’s Latur district for allegedly
entering a government school without permission and disrupting official work.
An FIR was registered at Ausa police station against Dipke, party worker Ajinkya Shinde and other CJP members following a complaint by 53-year-old teacher Sayyed Shamshadbano Khairatali. The case relates to an incident at the Zilla Parishad Urdu school in Jawali, near Ausa.
According to the FIR, Dipke and his associates entered the school premises without permission and sat with students while questioning them about the condition of the school. The complaint alleged that their presence disrupted educational and government work.
What does FIR say?
The complaint also alleged that Dipke recorded videos during the visit and later shared them on social media. He reportedly claimed that students from another school had been brought to the premises and made to sit in classrooms during his visit.
Dipke allegedly threatened to have teachers suspended and attempted to defame the school, according to the complaint. Police have booked the accused under Sections 132, 329(3), 351(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The sections relate to obstructing a public servant, house trespass, criminal intimidation and criminal defamation.
CJP’s ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign
The case comes days after CJP launched its ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign on August 15. The campaign focuses on the condition of government schools and aims to highlight issues related to education and basic facilities.
The initiative was launched from Dipke, a native village in Hingoli on Independence Day. Since then, CJP members have visited government schools in several states. Some of these visits have reportedly faced opposition.
On Friday, a CJP team was allegedly attacked while visiting a government school in Jaipur’s Rampura Kanwarpura area.
The latest FIR in Latur adds another legal challenge for the party as its members continue their campaign to inspect government schools and raise questions about their infrastructure and functioning.
