How Delhi Police Detained, Heckled, and Questioned Quint Journalists While Reporting on Protests
‘You Do Not Have a PIB Card, You Cannot Enter Central Delhi’: Journalists Detained Amid Delhi Police CrackdownThe Quint’s journalist Sarthak was detained by Delhi Police while covering the protest near Ambedkar Manzar on 10 October and taken to Chankyapuri Police Station, where he was kept for several hours without an explanation.
Another Quint journalist Shivkumar was nearly detained despite showing his press ID.
The Quint’s Associate Editor Eshwar, video reporter Anay and video journalist Uzair were stopped from entering parts of central Delhi, questioned repeatedly, and almost detained. Police personnel reportedly told them that without a Press Information Bureau (PIB) accreditation card, they could not proceed.
The detentions and restrictions on The Quint’s journalists came amid a wider police crackdown on journalists covering the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Journalists from Scroll, Newslaundry, Navbharat Times and other media organisations were also detained, in several cases despite displaying their press IDs and identifying themselves as journalists.
The day’s events raise serious questions about journalists’ ability to report on protests and police action, and whether press identification was being recognised on the ground.
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