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Amit Shah Visits Delhi Police HQ, Pushes Reforms

By Drooid · Oct 24, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC · How we work

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Shah First HQ Visit

Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Delhi Police headquarters on Saturday at about 3 p.m.
The briefing underscores mounting criticism of police excesses during the July protest and calls for reforms.
Senior officers will brief Shah on the force’s performance, investigations and key law-enforcement challenges.
The discussion will include drug-trafficking fights, overseas gangster networks and crimes against women.
It marks Shah’s first headquarters visit since August 30 2022, ending a four-year gap.

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Vote Chori Allegation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Delhi Police headquarters on Saturday at about 3 p.m.
Congress MP K.C. Venugopal said the rally responds to ‘criminal vote chori’ allegedly orchestrated by the election commissioner with Modi and Shah.
The visit highlights the government's law-and-order response to opposition protests over the election-roll revision.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta accompanied Shah to the police headquarters.

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Surety Bond Releases

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Delhi Police headquarters on Saturday at about 3 p.m.
The briefing will cover court-ordered releases of CJP leaders on surety bonds and a student leader’s bond after the July protest.
It will be Shah’s first headquarters visit since August 30, 2022.
Police will present data on drug enforcement, foreign-linked gangsters, crimes against women, and Aastha Kunj gang-rape.

Blindspot

The Center-leaning sources report that the police headquarters prepared a presentation for Shah that included data on the alleged gang-rape at Aastha Kunj Park following the July protest violence.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning and Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

In February 2002, the Godhra train fire sparked Gujarat riots that killed 1,044 people (790 Muslims, 254 Hindus) and led Home Minister L. K. Advani to visit the Ahmedabad police headquarters. The incident created a precedent for central officials intervening in state policing, a pattern repeated by Amit Shah’s 2024 briefing at Delhi Police headquarters on alleged police excesses ahead of elections.

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Shah First HQ Visit

Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Delhi Police headquarters on Saturday at about 3 p.m.
The briefing underscores mounting criticism of police excesses during the July protest and calls for reforms.
Senior officers will brief Shah on the force’s performance, investigations and key law-enforcement challenges.
The discussion will include drug-trafficking fights, overseas gangster networks and crimes against women.
It marks Shah’s first headquarters visit since August 30 2022, ending a four-year gap.

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