New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Amid mass detentions across Delhi ahead of the proposed CJP protest on October 10, an Instagram user has alleged that the Delhi Police profiled Muslim women and detained them as part of the preventive action.

Sharing a video on Instagram, the user said he was right outside the Janpath Road. The text accompanying his video said, "A group of women were walking towards Jantar Mantar, and the Delhi Police profiled and then detained only the women in hijab, while letting the others leave the area without detention."

"They also tried to force them into giving their phones but then retreated once the media piled up and started questioning the basis of this detention," he wrote.

In his commentary, he added, "It all checks...