No stay on probe against journalist in SC/ST case filed after she accused ACP of sexual assault

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the investigation into a first information report against a woman journalist whom Delhi Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat had accused of making casteist remarks about him, days after she alleged he had sexually harassed her, reported Live Law.

The journalist had alleged that Bhagat groped her while she was making a video of student leader Neha Bora being detained during protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 3.

In his complaint filed on October 13, Bhagat, who is a member of a scheduled caste community, alleged that the journalist had made derogatory remarks about his caste group during the protests.

During the hearing on Tuesday, advocate Tanvir Ahmed Mir, appearing for the journalist, said that the complaint by Bhagat was “nothing but a retaliated and revengeful action”, reported Live Law.

Mir also pointed out that the journalist is a member of the Lyngdoh community of Nagaland, which is a scheduled tribe group.

Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice on the journalist’s petition.

“I will hear it on merits once [police] reply is there,” the judge was quoted as saying. “[The] investigation will continue.”

The court scheduled the matter for final hearing on November 17.

Bhagat had claimed in his complaint that on the evening of October 3, the journalist and...

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