The reported suspension of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police Service (DANIPS) ACP Manasvi Vashisht after he led a protest at Delhi Police headquarters has not been officially confirmed, according to the Jagran report on which this account is based.
The report says Vashisht, a 2022-batch DANIPS officer posted with the Delhi Police, led a gathering of police personnel at the headquarters on Monday. The protest followed the transfer of Vashisht and Shahdara district station house officer Arun Kumar to inactive units, reportedly after pressure from lawyers. The police personnel were opposing the decision and raising concerns about departmental action.
According to the report, hundreds of police personnel reached the headquarters from about 9 am. Some were in uniform while others were in civilian clothes, and women police personnel also participated. The gathering continued for much of the day, with protesters raising slogans calling for police unity and respect.
The report states that senior officers, including several special commissioners, Joint Commissioner Nupur Prasad and Deputy Commissioner Sachin Sharma, attempted to speak with Vashisht and take him inside for discussions. As the crowd grew, paramilitary personnel were deployed outside the headquarters to help maintain order.
At about 1 pm, Vashisht was taken inside for a meeting with Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar. The report says that several hundred police personnel followed him into the headquarters, where a contact meeting continued for about 45 minutes. The police commissioner and senior officers were present during the meeting.
The report says Vashisht placed more than 10 demands before the department, including three principal demands, although the supplied account does not list all of them. It also states that he asked the department to restrict any suspension or strict action to him rather than targeting other police personnel. The police commissioner reportedly gave assurances on the demands, but the gathering did not end immediately.
By around 5 pm, several police personnel had again gathered outside the headquarters and resumed slogans. The protest continued into the evening, with participants expressing opposition to the departmental decision involving Vashisht and Kumar.
The reported suspension would therefore represent a significant disciplinary response to an unusual public protest by serving police personnel against an internal departmental decision. However, the central claim remains unresolved in the supplied material: Jagran reports that the Ministry of Home Affairs suspended Vashisht, while also stating that there has been no official confirmation. No suspension order, ministry notification or on-record confirmation from the Ministry of Home Affairs or Delhi Police was included in the report.
The next verifiable development would be an official order or statement clarifying whether the suspension was issued, the grounds for any action and the status of the demands raised during the headquarters meeting.
