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Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat Loses Additional DCP Charge Amid Harassment Probe
- •Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat's additional DCP current duty charge has been withheld following sexual harassment allegations.
- •Bhagat was accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest at Jantar Mantar on October 3.
- •The Delhi government stated that the initial proposal for the duty charge was initiated on August 25 and approved on October 5.
- •Bhagat voluntarily requested not to avail the duty charge assignment until a full inquiry into the matter is satisfactorily concluded.
- •The Delhi Police has forwarded the complaints filed by three women journalists to the Crime Branch for further inquiry.
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Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat's additional DCP duty charge was withheld amid sexual harassment allegations made by a woman journalist during a protest. Bhagat also requested of his own volition not to avail the assignment until a full inquiry into the matter is satisfactorily concluded.
The protest where the alleged sexual harassment occurred took place on October 3 at Jantar Mantar against alleged irregularities in the Election Commission's functioning and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
The Delhi government originally assigned the current duty charge of additional DCP to 12 DANIPS officers, including ACP Vivek Bhagat, through a proposal initiated on August 25 and approved on October 5, 2026. The order is being modified to reissue the assignment for the remaining 11 officers.
