IJU Condemns Police Brutality Against Two Women Journalists in New Delhi!
Vijayawada / Chandigarh, 4 September, 2026: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the Delhi Police for misbehaving with, arresting, and assaulting two on-duty women journalists inside a police station.
In a media release issued on Friday, IJU President Balwinder Singh Jammu and Secretary General D. Soma Sundar demanded immediate action against the police personnel responsible for this assault.
Two women journalists, Nafeesa Khan and Shaheen Khan from the 4PM digital news channel, went to cover an event in New Delhi attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Mrs Rekha Gupta. However, the police detained both on-duty journalists and took them to the Saket Police Station.
The IJU stated in its release that inside the station, the Station House Officer (SHO) alongside some female police persons in plain clothes physically assaulted the journalists, beating them with lathis (batons) and slapping them. The union remarked that the Delhi Police's high-handed actions against media professionals are escalating day by day, posing a serious threat to press freedom.
The IJU also noted that this assault appears to be retaliation against 4PM channel for recently broadcasting critical reports concerning the Delhi state government. The union reiterated its demand for swift, stringent action against the police officers involved in the incident.
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