In May 2026 supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party shared a video they said showed party members catching a corrupt police officer in the act. It is false: the footage shows an Anti-Corruption Bureau operation in Chhattisgarh in February 2026, months before the CJP was founded.
Claim: CJP members caught a police officer accepting a bribe, showing the party had begun "cleaning up the rotten system".
Said by: Pro-CJP social media posts, including an X post by @GauravPalRaj.
What the record shows: The clip shows Chhattisgarh's Anti-Corruption Bureau arresting sub-inspector Abdul Munaf in Korea district, and was online by 25 to 26 February 2026. Newschecker
Where the claim came from
The CJP launched on 16 May 2026 as a satirical response to the Chief Justice's "cockroaches" remark and drew 50,000 sign-ups within a day. The Wire In its first week, supporters circulated content showing the new "party" taking on the system.
One such clip showed men confronting a uniformed officer over money. Users captioned it as CJP members catching a corrupt officer and said the group had started "cleaning up the rotten system". Newschecker's screengrab came from an X post by @GauravPalRaj. It did not report how many times the video was viewed. Newschecker
The CJP itself did not claim the video. It was spread by supporters, not by the party's official accounts, as far as fact-checkers reported.
What the evidence shows
Documented A reverse image search on keyframes led Newschecker to a News24 Instagram post dated 26 February 2026 carrying the same footage. It described an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) operation in Chhattisgarh. Newschecker
The officer was sub-inspector Abdul Munaf, posted at the Paudi outpost in Korea district. He allegedly demanded ₹50,000 from a farmer, Satyendra Prajapati, threatening to implicate him in a murder case, and was caught accepting ₹25,000. A Dainik Bhaskar report of 25 February 2026 said the ACB used chemically treated notes and moved in once the money changed hands inside the outpost. A Navbharat Times report of 26 February used the same visuals and said they showed an official ACB operation, "not members of any political group". Newschecker
Newschecker published its finding on 22 May 2026 and rated the claim false, noting that "the video existed online months before the Cockroach Janata Party was conceptualised." It repeated the finding in its weekly wrap on 23 May. Newschecker Newschecker
Context
Fact-checkers found false content on both sides of the CJP story. Pro-protest fakes included this clip and a later claim that "seven protesters died" on 20 July. Soch Fact Check Anti-protest fakes included deepfakes of ministers and a doctored Dhruv Rathee clip. Read the full background on our Cockroach Janta Party protests page and our page on creator videos and fakes.
Questions people ask
Who is the police officer in the viral bribe video?
Sub-inspector Abdul Munaf of the Paudi outpost in Korea district, Chhattisgarh, arrested by the state Anti-Corruption Bureau in February 2026, according to reports cited by Newschecker.
Did the Cockroach Janta Party run anti-corruption stings?
No fact-checker or news report has documented any such sting. The viral clip predates the party by about three months.
When was the CJP founded?
On 16 May 2026, when Abhijeet Dipke posted "What if all the cockroaches come together?" on X.
Sources
- Newschecker: Old video viral as CJP members catching a police officer taking a bribe, 22 May 2026
- Newschecker: Weekly wrap, misinformation on CJP, NEET paper leak and more, 23 May 2026
- The Wire: Abhijeet Dipke reveals how the CJP was born, 2026
- Soch Fact Check: Posts falsely claim seven protesters died, Jul 2026
