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Delhi: women's groups march to police HQ over alleged harassment of women at anti-SIR protests
Published 19-10-2026 · UB-058 · 🇮🇳 · ✓ 3 linked sources
Ji-Elle / CC BY-SA 4.0AIDWA, NFIW and AIPWA accuse police of harassing women demonstrators and journalists at the protests against the electoral roll revision. Police have registered FIRs over the Connaught Place march.
Women's organisations including the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) and the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) marched to Delhi Police headquarters on 17-10-2026. They accused police personnel of sexually harassing women demonstrators, journalists and activists during protests against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, The Statesman reported.
Three women journalists who covered an earlier protest near Jantar Mantar have made harassment allegations, and Delhi Police has handed that investigation to its Crime Branch. The groups said they would keep protesting until action is taken.
CPI leader Annie Raja accused the Centre of "using sexual assault as a weapon" to suppress dissent and demanded Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation. Police had not responded to the allegations, the report said.
Police have registered several FIRs over alleged violations of prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS at the 16-10-2026 "Lehra Do Tiranga" march at Connaught Place. Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke faces preventive proceedings, and AISA president Neha Bora was held overnight and released early on 17-10-2026.