Jantar Mantar · New Delhi
No name tag on police?
Photograph them.
Name plate — removed
Police, CRPF and RAF personnel are being deployed at Jantar Mantar with their name tags removed, taped over or turned around. If you see it, photograph it and send the picture here.
Send your photosWhat makes a photo useful
- The shoulder and chest area, where the name plate should be — close enough to read, or to show there is nothing to read.
- One wider shot of the same person, so the missing tag can be tied to a place and a moment.
- Vehicle numbers, unit markings, bus and van registration plates.
- Anything showing the tag deliberately covered — tape, a turned plate, a jacket pulled over it.
Staying safe
Photographing personnel on public duty in a public place is not an offence. That does not make it risk-free.
- Keep your distance. Do not obstruct anyone and do not argue about your right to film.
- If you are ordered to stop, stop and step back. Your safety comes before any photograph.
- Send the picture here before posting it publicly.
What we ask of you
Nothing. No name, no phone number, no email, no account, no login. You will not be asked who you are and we will not try to find out.
One honest caveat: an original photo carries the location, time and device it was taken on. That is exactly what makes it hold up as evidence, and it is also information about you. Send the original if you are comfortable. If you are not, send a screenshot instead — it is still worth having.
Why the tag matters
Section 36(a), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 requires a police officer making an arrest to bear “an accurate, visible and clear identification of his name”.
In D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997), the Supreme Court directed that personnel carrying out an arrest or interrogation must wear clear, visible identification and name tags showing their designation.
An officer who cannot be named cannot be complained against, cannot be summoned and cannot be held to anything. That is the point of removing the tag, and that is why a photograph of it is worth taking.
What happens to your photos
- Nothing is published on this page. There will be no public gallery of faces.
- Photographs are used to seek identification from the Delhi Police and the CRPF, to support complaints to the Commissioner of Police and the Director General, CRPF, and in RTI applications and legal proceedings arising from the action at Jantar Mantar.