Formal complaints have been filed with the National Commission for Women, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Delhi Police Commissioner by an active-duty CRPF Assistant Commandant, citing reported misconduct by police and paramilitary personnel toward women taking part in continuing protests over disputed election results in the capital.
The complaints were filed by Rahul Solanki, an Assistant Commandant with the CRPF currently stationed in Manipur. Three videos shared on social media platforms — footage that reportedly depicts security and police personnel acting improperly toward women participating in the protests — were attached as supporting links within his complaint.
In a written statement, Solanki indicated that the complaint was being lodged purely on his own behalf, in his capacity as a private citizen with a personal commitment to India's Constitution, to legal order, and to the protection and dignity of women.
Solanki formally requested that the video footage undergo independent forensic review, with the examination covering the full sequence of events captured on film alongside the broader context surrounding them. He urged that the process be conducted independently and without prejudice, adding that any outcome confirming the allegations should prompt a response through the courts, internal channels, or a combination of the two.
A further demand put forward calls for disciplinary and legal proceedings to be initiated against any personnel — including those in supervisory roles — whose culpability is established once the allegations have been examined. Where footage is determined to have been fabricated or materially altered, steps toward legal remedy and the removal of such content under applicable law have been pursued.
Requests for gender-sensitivity training among officers deployed in the field — with particular attention to those assigned to manage women at protest sites — have been directed by Solanki to the NCW, the NHRC, and the Delhi Police Commissioner, alongside calls for each body to put appropriate guidelines in place. Protecting the dignity, personal safety, and legal entitlements of women was the aim he put forward.
Solanki placed on record his recognition of the demanding responsibilities that fall to police and other uniformed services in maintaining public order and safeguarding the people they serve. The statement clarified that the complaint was aimed not at undermining the officers involved, but at holding any genuine wrongdoing to account while keeping the force's integrity intact.
In the complaint, Solanki noted that the video footage and the accounts or organisations from which the material was sourced are being circulated purely for the purpose of verification, with no intention of endorsing any views, statements, or positions held by those individuals or organisations, and that independent confirmation of the footage had not been carried out on his part.
