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Protesters Detained Demanding Probe Into Journalists’ Harassment Claims
Three women journalists said police personnel sexually harassed them during a protest at Jantar Mantar on October 3.
One journalist told PTI that an assistant commissioner of police assaulted her after she asked why women police officers were not at the site.
On Monday, people gathered outside Parliament Street police station to demand an investigation.
They wanted an FIR registered and CCTV footage checked.
Several protesters were detained.
One protester said police had not provided the footage or updates about the complaints.
Another alleged that an earlier complaint about the officer had not been investigated.
Police said the complaints had been sent to the Crime Branch for an inquiry.
Several protesters were detained outside Parliament Street police station on Monday.
They called for an FIR and an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against three women journalists.
The journalists said police personnel harassed them during an October 3 protest at Jantar Mantar.
Protesters demanded that CCTV footage be examined and action be taken against the personnel accused.
New Delhi district police transferred the complaints to the Crime Branch for a stated “fair and impartial enquiry.”
- Who
- Three women journalists made the harassment allegations; protesters gathered in support of their complaints.
- What
- Protesters were detained while demanding an FIR, examination of CCTV footage, and action on the allegations.
- Where
- Outside Parliament Street police station in Delhi; the alleged harassment occurred at Jantar Mantar.
- When
- The alleged incident occurred on October 3; the protest outside the police station took place on Monday.
- Why
- Protesters sought an investigation into the journalists’ allegations and said the complaints had not been addressed.
Key facts
- Journalists making allegations
- Three women journalists
- Date of alleged incident
- October 3
- Alleged incident location
- Jantar Mantar
- Protest location
- Outside Parliament Street police station, Delhi
- Protesters’ demands
- Register an FIR, examine CCTV footage, and take action on the complaints
- Police response
- New Delhi district police transferred the complaints to the Crime Branch for a “fair and impartial enquiry”
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A detained protester
A protester calling for CCTV footage to be examined.
“We went back and again asked for the CCTV footage, but they did not provide it. They did not register an FIR or give us any update on the case. Instead, we were detained.”
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“That is our demand because a case had also come up against the concerned police officer in July.”
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