Journalists Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan say Delhi Police personnel took them to Saket police station on September 3 while they were covering a hospital event attended by senior government leaders. The women allege officers assaulted them inside the station and made remarks about their Muslim identity. These are allegations by the journalists, not established findings against the officers.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Anant Mittal gave a different account. He said the women parked a scooter on a designated route for protected officials, refused repeated instructions to clear it and were taken to the station for further enquiry. Police described the assault allegation as false and misleading. A video circulated by the journalists showed visible marks they attributed to the alleged beating; the images alone cannot establish how the marks were caused.
On September 3, several journalist organisations jointly demanded action and an impartial inquiry. At a September 4 press conference, the women and their editor said they would seek the station’s CCTV footage and pursue legal remedies. That was a stated plan; the reporting checked for this account does not establish that a court filing was completed or that the footage was released.
On September 12, rights group Citizens for Justice and Peace published a petition seeking an FIR, preservation of camera recordings and an independent investigation. Its petition is an advocacy demand, not a court order or proof of wrongdoing. The available accounts do not settle whether an independent inquiry has since made findings; the police denial and the women’s allegations remain materially disputed.