5 min learnJaipurUp to date: Aug 24, 2026 11:40 AM IST
Following the attack on a Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) delegation, which was on its technique to go to a faculty in Jaipur on August 21, cross FIRs have been lodged by each side with CJP co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and “50-60” CJP employees being booked underneath the SC/ST Act.
In the meantime, 11 individuals had been detained by Jodhpur Police after they allegedly entered the Gandhi Shanti Pratishthan the place Ranka was addressing a seminar on Sunday afternoon. Chanting “Jai Shri Ram” and “Cockroach Go Again”, they allegedly hit one particular person outdoors the constructing the place Ranka was talking earlier than police and others intervened.
In Jaipur, the FIR towards CJP co-convener and Ranka was lodged on a grievance by Bhagwan Sahay Dhanka, a resident of Rampura Kanwarpura village, who stated that on Friday, “At round 9am, Ashutosh Ranka of CJP got here to our village with 50-60 folks on the pretext of inspecting a faculty. They began abusing me and the villagers. Additionally they used abusive language towards the ladies of our village; when the villagers and I attempted to motive with them, they began beating us.”
‘Abused us with casteist phrases’
Claiming that he and different villagers had been injured within the assault, Dhanka stated, “They insulted me and different villagers by abusing us with casteist phrases. There may be great anger among the many villagers because of the incident.”
The FIR towards CJP employees has been lodged underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections for voluntarily inflicting damage, wrongful restraint, illegal meeting and intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace, together with three sections of the SC/ST Act.
The opposite FIR has been lodged on a grievance submitted by CJP employee Rekha Sharma. She stated, “We’re inspecting colleges throughout the nation underneath the CJP’s ‘College Thik Karo’ marketing campaign. We obtained info that in Rampura Kanwarpura, the federal government faculty is being run in a buffalo shed and determined to go there.”
‘Attacked from all instructions’
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The grievance stated, “The CJP staff led by Ashutosh Ranka reached the village however our autos had been stopped on the village border, away from the college, and we began going by foot. We noticed that at far earlier than the college, some anti-social components had been abusing… We repeatedly requested them to hearken to us, that we’ve got solely come to examine the college on the invitation of villagers themselves however our staff was attacked from all instructions with bricks, sticks, and tubes stuffed with stones.”
She stated, “4-five goons surrounded every of our employees and assaulted them brutally with the intent of fatality.”
रामपुरा, कंवरपुरा स्थित सरकारी स्कूल पिछले कई सालों से भैंसों के तबेले में चल रहा है। मैं अभी वही पहुँच रहा हूँ।
लेकिन हमारी टीम के कुछ साथी जो वहाँ पहुचे हुए थे, उनके साथ भाजपा के गुंडे फिर मारपीट पर उतर आए।
भाजपा को हमारे बच्चे भैंसों के तबेले में पढ़ते रहे, यह मंज़ूर है,… pic.twitter.com/OYYThDjKgB
— Ashutosh Ranka (@AshutoshRanka) August 21, 2026
Itemizing the accidents, the grievance stated that volunteer Surendra alias Sanju Verma was brutally assaulted, leaving him with a fractured hand and a severe damage. One other volunteer, Salman, was surrounded and brutally overwhelmed by a bunch, leaving him with severe accidents throughout his physique, it added.
“Mud was thrown into Rekha Sharma’s eyes and she or he was attacked, shoved, and overwhelmed from all sides. She suffered a severe damage to her shoulder,” the CJP stated.
CJP has stated that movies of the assault can be found with the media and claimed that the one who orchestrated the assault is Lalchand Sharma, who can be seen assaulting on digicam.
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“The villagers who got here to rescue us claimed that Kamal Pradhan and Shankar Bagda had deliberate the assault,” they stated. Mentioning that a number of individuals are “clearly seen” within the movies, the CJP stated they need to be recognized and authorized motion needs to be taken towards them. The CJP stated that autos of their delegation had been additionally attacked.
On Sunday, Ranka visited Sanju, an advocate, within the hospital. He stated Sanju “comes from a poor Dalit household.”
This FIR from the CJP’s facet has been lodged underneath provisions of voluntarily inflicting damage, wrongful restraint, illegal meeting, mischief inflicting loss or injury to the quantity of Rs 20,000 to 1 lakh, and intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace.
Each the FIRs have been lodged at Shivdaspura police station underneath Jaipur Metropolis (South).
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In the meantime, in Jodhpur, Ranka addressed a seminar titled ‘Shiksha: Nayi peerhi ke sawal’ or ‘Schooling: questions by the brand new era’. DCP Jodhpur Metropolis (East) Manish Kumar Choudhary stated that 11 individuals have been detained within the case (assault outdoors the occasion premises) however no grievance has been filed but.
Whereas some reviews claimed that the 11 are affiliated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the DCP stated that no formal affiliation with both outfit has been established but.
