Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Indian YouTuber Dhruv Rathee has alleged that police "kidnapped" him from his home ahead of Saturday's protests in Delhi, disputing the authorities' description of his detention and saying he was held for nearly a day without access to a lawyer.

"I was not arrested or detained, I was KIDNAPPED," Rathee wrote on Instagram after being released late Saturday night, according to Hindustan Times.

In a video shared on social media on Sunday, Rathee claimed that police forcibly took him from his home in Gurugram, near Delhi, without showing an arrest warrant or explaining where he was being taken.

He alleged that officers pushed his mother during the operation and prevented him from contacting a lawyer or using his phone.

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