Delhi Police personnel have been accused of using batons against two independent journalists near New Delhi Police Station during a protest on Saturday, with the journalists alleging that police continued using force after they showed their press identity cards.
According to a report by Millennium Post – Delhi, the journalists were questioning members of the opposing CJP group when the alleged incident took place. They claimed that police personnel lathi-charged them despite being aware that they were working journalists.
The journalists also alleged that the personnel involved were not wearing name badges. If established, the absence of visible identification could make it difficult to determine which officers were involved and complicate any subsequent complaint or inquiry. The supplied report does not identify the personnel or specify how many officers were present.
The journalists further claimed that the officer concerned later denied the incident. The report does not include a detailed account of the officer’s response, a police statement, medical records, video evidence, or an official complaint filed by the journalists. It also does not establish whether any other witnesses or protest participants independently confirmed the allegations.
The incident occurred in the context of a protest near New Delhi Police Station, where the journalists said they were questioning members of an opposing group. The available account does not provide details about the protest’s organisers, the issue under dispute, whether arrests or injuries were reported, or whether the police had issued instructions regulating media access at the site.
The allegations therefore remain contested and require verification through the journalists’ recordings or complaints, police duty records, eyewitness accounts, CCTV footage and an on-record response from Delhi Police. Until those materials are available, the central claim—that police used force against the journalists after they displayed press identity cards—cannot be treated as independently established.
