NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 -- A Delhi court on Tuesday sought an action taken report (ATR) from the city police on a plea by a woman journalist seeking registration of an FIR against assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat over allegations that he sexually assaulted her during a protest on October 3.

Judicial magistrate first class Kautuk Bhardwaj directed the station house officer (SHO) of Parliament Street police station to submit a point-wise report stating whether the woman had filed a complaint at the police station and what action had been taken on it. The court also asked whether an inquiry had been conducted and, if so, whether any cognisable offence had been made out.

The court further directed the police to preserve CCTV fo...