Rajya Sabha MP A.A.
Rahim moved the Supreme Court on Monday (October 12, 2026) against the illegal detention, “secret transportation” in specialised compartmentalised vehicles, and custodial torture of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) office bearers, Central Committee members and activists by the police on October 11, 2026 at Connaught Place in the national capital.
He has sought an independent court-monitored inquiry into the illegal detention and custodial torture, with directions to register an FIR against the officers found responsible for the detention of the members, office bearers and Central Committee members. “They were not taken to any police station. Instead, while still near Connaught Place, the bus was driven to a closed and heavily guarded space in front of the Daryaganj restaurant, away from public view, out of the reach of the media and without any CCTV cameras. When the injured went to Dr.
“The detainees were released only at about 7.30 p.m. on October 11 after more than seven hours in police custody, without any food or primary needs.
There, the detainees were sorted according to gender and then forcibly shifted into a specialised police van divided into five separate cells,” the petition said. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital for medico-legal examination, police officers in plain clothes remained present throughout, and the petitioner apprehends that the medico-legal certificates may not truly record the injuries,” the petition said.
