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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Delhi protest: Additional DCP charge withheld for ACP accused of sexually harassing journalist

New Delhi: The current duty charge (CDC) of the post of additional deputy commissioner of police assigned to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Vivek Bhagat, who is accused of sexually harassing a woman journalist during a protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar here, has been withheld, the Delhi government has said.

Bhagat, who was among 12 DANIPS officers assigned CDC of additional DCP earlier on Monday, requested "of his own volition" not to avail the charge until a full inquiry into the alleged harassment of women journalists is conducted and "satisfactorily concluded", the government said in a post on X.

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