Dehradun, May 27 -- Senior journalist and chief correspondent of Jai Bharat Digital Live Channel, Hem Bhatt today lodged a complaint before the Uttarakhand State Human Rights Commission in which he has alleged illegal detention, mental harassment and violation of constitutional rights by the police. In the complaint, Bhatt has alleged that the police personnel had forcibly taken him from his residence in the early morning of Saturday, without any prior notice or legal procedure and kept him in illegal custody for nearly 12 hours.

According to the complaint submitted before the Commission, Bhatt stated that at around 4 a.m. on 23 May, a group of police personnel reached his residence at Shanti Vihar Phase-2 in Dehradun and allegedly enter...