New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- Widespread outrage erupted across social media following weekend demonstrations in central Delhi, where protestors gathered to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

Several netizens and civil society groups have alleged that women protestors were manhandled by male police personnel and detained after dusk.

This has put a sharp spotlight on the statutory safeguards protecting women under the newly enacted Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, raising fundamental questions about the limits of police power during public demonstrations.

In one clip shared by a journalist, male security...