New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Several women's organisations, including the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW), the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) and ALIFA, on Saturday held a joint protest march towards the Delhi Police headquarters against alleged sexual violence and police brutality against women during recent protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Speaking to ANI, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja said the protest against the alleged mistreatment of women was linked to the broader opposition to SIR and demands for the resignation of the CEC.

"We are into that protes...