NEW DELHI, Oct 4 — Indian police launched an investigation today into allegations of sexual harassment against officers during protests in the capital against the country’s election commission.
Protests began on Friday demanding the Election Commission of India (ECI) chief Gyanesh Kumar step down, alleging wrongdoing during a large-scale voter-roll revision that has struck millions of names from the lists.
The ECI has rejected allegations of wrongdoing. Kumar himself has not commented.
The harassment allegations were made yesterday when police detained scores of protestors around the government-designated protest site of Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
“Allegations of sexual harassment were made by three female journalists against police officers,” Delhi police said in a statement, promising “a fair and impartial enquiry”.
