Promotion of ACP at centre of sexual assault row put on hold
New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Assistant commissioner of police (Connaught Place) Vivek Bhagat was promoted to additional deputy commissioner of police in a routine order issued by the Delhi home department on Monday, but the order was later put on hold on the officer's request. This comes two days after he was named in a police complaint filed by a female journalist accusing him of sexually harassing her while she was reporting on a protest near Jantar Mantar.
The Delhi government, in a post on X late on Monday, said Bhagat had requested that he not take up the new charge until "a full enquiry has been conducted in the matter."
The government said that as a result, the order is being modified with regard to Bhagat, but will apply to the remaining of...
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