Journalist 'assaulted' during Kathputli demolition drive

The home ministry is looking into a complaint by a news portal alleging that one of its journalists was allegedly detained and assaulted at central Delhi's Ranjit Nagar police station on October 30.
The Delhi Development Authority had carried out a demolition drive on October 30 at the Kathputli Colony in Shadipur and the journalist of 'The Quint', Kshitij Kumar, was covering it.
In the letter, the news portal has claimed that Kumar was "arbitrarily and wrongfully taken into preventive detention by the Delhi Police".
Despite Kumar informing the police that he was a journalist, his plea to be freed was disregarded, the letter said.

In its letter to home minister Rajnath Singh, Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and Lt. Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal, the news portal has demanded appropriate action against the police officer concerned.
They have also demanded an "official apology" from the Ministry of Home Affairs, under whose authority the Delhi Police operates.
A senior Home Ministry official said they are looking into the matter.