Two independent Muslim women journalists on Thursday alleged that they were beaten by Delhi police personnel in South Delhi’s Saket police station. The charges, however, were dismissed as “factually incorrect” and “misleading” by the forces.
The two journalists said that a police team detained them and took them to the Saket police station, where they were assaulted.
“The statement being circulated is factually incorrect and misleading. Two women had obstructed the designated VVIP route by parking their scooter near the venue,” the police said.
The police said that despite multiple requests and instructions to remove the vehicles and clear the route, they refused to remove them. Following the security and safety protocol of the VVIP route, both the journalists were taken to the local police station for the inquiry, the police said, and the Hindustan Times highlighted.
“Claims suggesting otherwise, including allegations of assault for asking questions to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, are totally false, misleading, and baseless. Citizens and social media users are advised to refrain from circulating unverified and misleading information,” read the statement posted on the official handle of Deputy Commissioner of Police Anant Mittal.
Meanwhile, the video of the journalists made rounds on the internet, with both of them showing injury marks on different parts of their bodies. In another video, one of the two journalists alleged that they had gone to South Delhi to cover a program where they planned to question Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
“We wanted to question the Delhi Chief Minister. But we were detained and brought to the Saket Police Station. The police teams took us to a room, where they assaulted us brutally. They asked from which community we belonged; they thrashed us again,” the journalist alleged in the video.
The journalist said that she suffered injuries to her leg and arms, while another journalist has suffered an injury to her leg. Soon the video went viral, gaining the attention of AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj. Taking to the social media platform X, he posted, “Two women reporters have been very brutally beaten by Delhi Police for asking questions from CM Rekha Gupta. Shame on woman CM Rekha Gupta.”
