New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Delhi Police have registered an FIR under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on a complaint filed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat, alleging caste-based humiliation, intimidation and obstruction of official duty during a protest in the national capital on October 3.

According to the FIR registered at Parliament Street police station, Bhagat, posted in the Connaught Place subdivision of New Delhi district, alleged that an independent journalist made casteist remarks against him while he was deployed for law-and-order duty during a protest against the Election Commission of India called by Neha Bora and others at Buta Singh Roundabout.

In his complaint, Bhagat sta...