On 28 October 2026, the Congress party posted a 35‑second clip on its social media accounts that appears to capture a group of men—identified by the party as BJP‑RSS affiliates—pummeling a young man and a woman at Jantar Mantar. The footage shows the woman being dragged along the pavement and repeatedly kicked, while the men shout slogans and brandish what looks like a flag.
The Congress spokesperson, Arvind Kumar, said the video demonstrates “unlawful violence by party‑affiliated goons while police officers watched.” He urged the Delhi Police to file an FIR and called for an independent probe. A senior police officer, Inspector General Sanjay Verma, denied any misconduct and said the officers on‑scene were “monitoring the situation and intervening only if necessary.”
In a separate incident, CJP leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were detained by Delhi Police as they disembarked from a flight at Indira Gandhi International Airport on the same day. The trio was taken to three different locations—South Delhi, Dwarka and central Delhi—without prior permission to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. CJP legal in‑charge Ratna Singh said the group had been tracked from the night before and that the detention violated their right to peaceful assembly.
Both the Congress and the CJP have filed formal complaints. The Delhi Police have opened a preliminary inquiry into the alleged attacks, while the CJP has requested the filing of an FIR against the officers who arrested them. An investigation panel is expected to convene by early next week, and the Delhi Municipal Corporation has warned that any further violence could trigger stricter enforcement of protest regulations.