New Delhi, March 27 -- The Delhi Police on Friday told the Delhi high court that 10 activists alleged to have been detained earlier this month were neither abducted nor tortured, but were only called for lawful questioning in connection with a case involving the alleged wrongful confinement and radicalisation of a missing woman.

In its affidavit, considered by a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja, the police said that the activists were called on March 12, 13, and 14 to obtain information about the whereabouts of those missing since July last year, based on inputs received by a counter-intelligence team.

According to the affidavit, an FIR was registered on July 8 based on a complaint filed by the missing woman's father. ...