A journalist has alleged that she and her colleague were detained by the Delhi Police from an event attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and assaulted at Saket Police Station.The assault became more violent after the police found out that the two women are Muslims, journalist Shaheen Khan alleged in a video posted by the YouTube channel 4PM News Network.The Delhi Police has not yet commented on the allegations.When Shaheen Khan was attempting to ask Gupta a question during the event at a private hospital, the police “caught hold of her…and took her to the police station while beating her”, 4PM News Network alleged in a social media post.The channel added: “[Shaheen Khan] has also alleged that when police personnel asked her name and heard ‘Khan,’ the assault intensified.”क्या मुख्यमंत्री से सवाल पूछना अब इतना बड़ा अपराध हो गया है कि पत्रकार को पुलिस बेरहमी से पीटेगी?आज दिल्ली में 4PM की पत्रकार शाहीन के साथ जो हुआ, वह बेहद गंभीर और डराने वाला है.शाहीन दिल्ली की मुख्यमंत्री रेखा गुप्ता से सवाल पूछने की कोशिश कर रही थीं. शाहीन का आरोप है कि इसी… pic.twitter.com/KB3p3kGKDK— 4PM News Network (@4pmnews_network) September 3, 2026
In the video, Shaheen Khan can be seen at a police station alleging that she and her colleague, Nafisa Khan, were assaulted and “subjected to mental harassment”. She also showed injury marks on Nafisa Khan’s body.Several Congress and Aam Aadmi Party leaders expressed concern over the alleged assault and criticised the police’s conduct.The AAP’s Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj remarked that the police had “brutally beaten” two women reporters for asking questions to the chief minister. “Shame on woman CM Rekha Gupta,” he said in a social media post.Breaking Two women reporters have been very brutally beaten by Delhi Police for asking questions from CM Rekha Gupta Shame on woman CM Rekha Gupta— Saurabh Bharadwaj (@Saurabh_MLAgk) September 3, 2026
