CEC protests: At least 10 journalists detained while covering demonstrations in Delhi

The Delhi Police detained at least 10 journalists covering protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar for the second consecutive day on Sunday.

Independent journalist M Rajshekhar was held while taking photographs of students being detained in Connaught Place.

Three Indian Express Hindi journalists, a Hindustan Times reporter, two Peek TV journalists and at least three other journalists working with Malayalam news channels, including Reporter TV, 24 News and Asianet News, were also detained.

The Indian Express reported that its journalists Shashwat, Siya and Vijay were detained while reporting from Connaught Place. They were taken to Chhatrasal Stadium and later released, the newspaper reported.

Breaking: at least six more journalists detained, shoved into a van by Delhi Police as they were asking the cops about the detention of a journalist moments ago at the same location.

As I question the police, one of them tells me: ‘this is not the right time to ask anything’. pic.twitter.com/RYAJqElDYk— Sreenivasan Jain (@SreenivasanJain) October 11, 2026

Peek TV said its journalists Vedanta Agarwal and Sara Khan were “dragged” and detained by the Delhi Police from Connaught Place while reporting on the detention of protesters, despite showing their press cards.

The Malayalam journalists were also released hours later, Mathrubhumi reported.

The Malayalam journalists were also released hours later, Mathrubhumi reported.

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