New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The Delhi government announced the modification of an administrative order assigning the current duty charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Addl DCP) to 12 Selection Grade DANIPS officers, after Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat voluntarily requested to step aside pending an inquiry into allegations of harassment of women journalists.

Earlier, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu had approved assigning the current duty charge (CDC) of the post of Addl DCP to 12 DANIPS officers posted in Delhi Police with immediate effect. Among those named in the order was ACP Vivek Bhagat, currently serving as the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Connaught Place.

However, the Delhi gov...