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Delhi Police Promotes Vivek Bhagat Amid Sexual-Harassment Probe

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 10:19 AM UTC · How we work

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AI Video Claim

Assistant Commissioner Vivek Bhagat was promoted to Deputy Commissioner on 5 October 2026 despite three female journalists alleging sexual harassment at a Jantar Mantar protest.
Press Club of India, Delhi Union of Journalists and other bodies wrote to the police commissioner demanding an FIR and an independent judicial inquiry.
Delhi Police said senior officers wear body-worn cameras to record protests.
Authorities claimed the video was AI-generated and arrested journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ameen.

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Crime Branch Referral

On 5 October 2026 Delhi Police Assistant Commissioner Vivek Bhagat was promoted to Additional Deputy Commissioner.
Bhagat voluntarily asked the Delhi government to withhold the duty charge until the sexual-harassment inquiry concludes.
The promotion is a temporary, non-pay, non-senior assignment officially pending the Crime Branch investigation.
Delhi Police transferred the journalists’ complaints formally to the Crime Branch for further inquiry.

Blindspot

Delhi Police arrested independent journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ameen for sharing a video they said was AI-generated, linking the arrest to the sexual-harassment allegations surrounding the Jantar Mantar protest.
Within this story's sources, this development appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

The Supreme Court of India nullified Section 66A of the IT Act on 24 March 2015, when a two-judge bench led by Justice Jasti Chelameswar held the provision violated Article 19(1)(a). The ruling, prompted by Shreya Singhal’s 2012 PIL, curbed police power to arrest for online speech. That precedent underpins current scrutiny of Delhi Police actions in the 2026 Vivek Bhagat promotion and AI-video arrest of journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ameen.

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AI Video Claim

Assistant Commissioner Vivek Bhagat was promoted to Deputy Commissioner on 5 October 2026 despite three female journalists alleging sexual harassment at a Jantar Mantar protest.
Press Club of India, Delhi Union of Journalists and other bodies wrote to the police commissioner demanding an FIR and an independent judicial inquiry.
Delhi Police said senior officers wear body-worn cameras to record protests.
Authorities claimed the video was AI-generated and arrested journalist Nadeem Ahmed Ameen.

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