"We have received a complaint from the reporter. We are in the process of registering a case of molestation and launched investigation. No one has been named by the complainant," said a senior police officer.
The journalist, working with an English news channel, took to Twitter to narrate the incident.
"I am a journalist. I got groped during a @IYC rally where speeches were made against the govt's failure to maintain law&order. #YesAllWomen (sic)," she tweeted.
He added that his outfit condemned the incident and will "extend all the help" to the journalist to ensure that the guilty was punished.