Delhi Police issued guidelines for journalists covering protests amid the uproar over ACP Vivek Bhagat, who has been accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest against on October 3 at Jantar Mantar.
ACP Bhagat’s promotion to the post of additional deputy commissioner of police has also been withheld, the Delhi government said late on Monday.
Three women journalists accused Delhi Police officers of sexual harassment during the October 3 protest against alleged irregularities in the Election Commission’s functioning and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of .
“The story matters, So does how you get it!” wrote in an X post late on Monday evening. They also shared “Guidelines for journalists” with the hashtag “EthicsofJournalism”.
Assistant Commissioner (ACP) Vivek Bhagat’s promotion to the post of additional deputy commissioner of police was withheld in a late order on Monday.
Delhi government clarified that the proposal to confer additional duty charge to Bhagat and the other 11 DANIPS officers was initiated on August 25, “much before the present set of events”. The orders were issued after due approval on October 5.
The government clarified that the assignment of CDC is a temporary arrangement which confers no financial benefit, and no statutory duties of the regular incumbents can be exercised by the officers to whom CDC has been assigned.
However, ACP Vivek Bhagat, “of his own volition, has requested not to avail the current duty charge assignment, till a full enquiry has been conducted in the matter of alleged harassment of women journalists and such enquiry has been satisfactorily concluded,” the post read.
Accordingly, the earlier order is being modified and will be reissued with respect to the assignment of CDC on the 11 remaining officers, it added.
