What Delhi Police told Scroll’s Shoaib Daniyal while detaining him 21 km away from Jantar Mantar

What happened: Scroll journalist Shoaib Daniyal was detained by Delhi Police outside his South Delhi home around 1 pm while waiting for a taxi to Jantar Mantar, over 20 km away. He was released around 2.30 pm. Key numbers: Detention lasted over an hour; Jantar Mantar more than 20 km from his home; detained around 1 pm, released around 2.30 pm. Why it matters: Police said the reason for the detention was that it was a "bad time" with "disorder in the city today." Officers tried to force him to delete videos he had shot of the detention. The detaining officer was named Bhagwan Sahay.

Scroll journalist Shoaib Daniyal was detained by Delhi Police outside his South Delhi home around 1 pm while waiting for a taxi to Jantar Mantar, over 20 km away. He was released around 2.30 pm.

Police said the reason for the detention was that it was a "bad time" with "disorder in the city today." Officers tried to force him to delete videos he had shot of the detention. The detaining officer was named Bhagwan Sahay.