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ACP Bhagat Faces Harassment Protests as AI Video Controversy Deepens
- •Three women journalists filed harassment complaints against Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat following an October 3 protest in New Delhi.
- •The case has been transferred to the Crime Branch for a fair and impartial inquiry after initial medical examinations.
- •A government order assigning additional charge to Bhagat was modified after he requested to defer it until the inquiry concludes.
- •Delhi Police arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly creating and circulating an AI-generated fabricated video related to the incident.
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Three women journalists filed harassment complaints against Delhi Police ACP Vivek Bhagat following an incident during an October 3 protest in New Delhi. The matter has been transferred to the Crime Branch for a fair and impartial inquiry after medical examinations were conducted.
The Delhi government modified a promotion order after ACP Bhagat requested not to take on the additional duty charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police until the ongoing harassment inquiry concludes. The government clarified that the initial assignment was merely a temporary administrative arrangement rather than a regular promotion.
Delhi Police launched an investigation into footage that purported to show ACP Bhagat harassing a woman, concluding that the circulating material was AI-generated and fabricated. Consequently, authorities arrested a 24-year-old man accused of creating and distributing the fake footage.
