‘Koi media nahi hai’: Inside the Delhi police’s October 10 crackdown on journalists

Newslaundry · Oct 11, 2026

Several journalists were stopped from doing their work and detained in Delhi on October 10. They were dragged by their clothes, pushed and manhandled, their phones snatched, and pressured to delete footage of police action. Some were picked up kilometres away from the protest site; others were detained despite wearing press ID cards and repeatedly identifying themselves as journalists.The sweeping crackdown on reporters from both independent and mainstream media outlets unfolded in the world’s largest democracy under a government led by a Prime Minister who has not held a single press…