Journalists, protesters and MP allege police abuse during New Delhi demonstrations
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Journalists, protesters and an opposition lawmaker have accused Delhi police of assault and mistreatment during demonstrations from October 10 to 12 over India’s voter-roll revision and restrictions on protest sites.
Thousands of people were detained during rallies across New Delhi, according to local media reports. Reporters Without Borders said at least 16 journalists were detained over the weekend, several despite displaying press credentials. Journalists alleged they were manhandled, forced into police vehicles and prevented from documenting arrests.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas said officers “manhandled, dragged, assaulted” him during Sunday’s demonstrations and later abandoned him by a roadside. He received treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and said he had sought intervention from India’s president, the Rajya Sabha chairman and the chief justice.
Protesters also alleged that officers beat detainees, confiscated phones and deleted recordings. Some said they were denied water, including when detainees became faint, while one group said police took them to an isolated camp and beat them after arranging them in rows. Delhi police cited non-cooperation during detentions, while police officials did not answer questions about their conduct at a Sunday news conference.
Some demonstrations were prompted by allegations of irregularities in a nationwide revision of electoral rolls, while The Hindu reported that youth organisations also protested the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site. The Election Commission of India has denied wrongdoing. Authorities deployed thousands of personnel, erected barricades and closed six major metro stations on Monday before another opposition march. Most of those detained, including three leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement, were subsequently released, CNA reported.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs narrower wording so it does not conflate separate protest triggers or overstate the scope of detainee releases. - "during demonstrations from October 10 to 12 over India’s voter-roll revision and restrictions on protest sites.": The sources describe protests over alleged irregularities in the voter-roll revision and, separately, a flash mob protesting the denotification of Jantar Mantar; they do not support that all demonstrations from October 10 to 12 were over both issues. - "The demonstrations were prompted by allegations of irregularities in a nationwide revision of electoral rolls.": This overstates the cause of all demonstrations; The Hindu says a Monday rally protested the denotification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site, while other sources say protests were against the voter-roll revision. - "Most weekend detainees, including three leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party movement, were subsequently released, CNA reported.": CNA says most detainees from the chaotic weekend, including three top CJP leaders, were released; limiting this to “weekend detainees” is not precisely supported because the source also discusses Monday lockdown and protests in the same context.
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Journalists, protesters and MP allege police abuse during New Delhi demonstrations
Journalists, protesters and an opposition lawmaker have accused Delhi police of assault and mistreatment during demonstrations from October 10 to 12 over India’s voter-roll revision and restrictions on protest sites.
Thousands of people were detained during rallies across New Delhi, according to local media reports. Reporters Without Borders said at least 16 journalists were detained over the weekend, several despite displaying press credentials. Journalists alleged they were manhandled, forced into police vehicles and prevented from documenting arrests.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas said officers “manhandled, dragged, assaulted” him during Sunday’s demonstrations and later abandoned him by a roadside. He received treatment at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and said he had sought intervention from India’s president, the Rajya Sabha chairman and the chief justice.
Protesters also alleged that officers beat detainees, confiscated phones and deleted recordings. Some said they were denied water, including when detainees became faint, while one group said police took them to an isolated camp and beat them after arranging them in rows. Delhi police cited non-cooperation during detentions, while police officials did not answer questions about their conduct at a Sunday news conference.
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