Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Rahul Gandhi Alleges Delhi Police Are Silencing Women
Rahul Gandhi said women in Delhi were being silenced when they asked questions.
He alleged that people were detained at Jantar Mantar.
He said women protesters reported that male police officers mistreated them.
He also claimed that journalists had cameras taken away and were dragged.
Gandhi said a journalist’s complaint did not result in an FIR.
He referred to Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan, who he said described mistreatment at a police station.
The journalists had gone to cover an event at Max Hospital in Saket, according to one article.
Gandhi asked for the station’s CCTV footage to be released and for action against officers.
The articles do not include a response from Delhi Police.
Rahul Gandhi alleged a pattern of silencing women who ask questions in Delhi and demanded justice and accountability.
He said hundreds of people were detained at Jantar Mantar and women protesters alleged male officers misbehaved with them.
Gandhi claimed female journalists had cameras snatched and were dragged, and that a journalist’s complaint did not lead to an FIR.
He cited journalists Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan, who he said described violence and mistreatment inside Saket police station.
Gandhi called for the station’s CCTV footage to be made public and for action against officers he described as guilty; the articles provide no police response.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi made the allegations about Delhi Police; the claims concern women protesters and journalists, including Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan.
- What
- Gandhi alleged mistreatment, detentions, interference with journalists’ cameras, and failure to register a journalist’s complaint as an FIR.
- When
- Monday; Gandhi also referred to an incident involving Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan a few weeks earlier.
- Where
- Delhi, including Jantar Mantar and Saket police station.
- Why
- Gandhi said women who ask questions were being silenced and called for justice and accountability.
Rahul Gandhi’s allegations
Police or authorities’ response
Treatment of protesters and journalists
Rahul Gandhi’s allegations
Gandhi alleged that women protesters faced misbehaviour and female journalists had cameras taken and were dragged.
Police or authorities’ response
The articles provide no response from Delhi Police or other authorities.
Journalist’s complaint and Saket police station
Rahul Gandhi’s allegations
Gandhi claimed no FIR was registered on a journalist’s complaint and cited Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan’s accounts of alleged mistreatment inside the station.
Police or authorities’ response
The articles provide no account from police or authorities addressing these claims.
- Person making the allegations
- Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha
- Protest location
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi
- Earlier incident cited
- Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan described alleged violence and mistreatment inside Saket police station, according to Gandhi
- Journalists’ assignment
- They had gone to cover the inauguration of a new wing at Max Hospital in Saket, according to one article
- Event attendees named
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta
- Gandhi’s requests
- Release the Saket police station’s CCTV footage, take action against guilty officers, and provide justice to those affected
- Police response
- The articles provide no response from Delhi Police or other authorities
