India, Oct. 31 -- Delhi Police on Thursday briefly detained several on-strike Multi Task Staff (MTS) of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) from their protest site outside the MCD Civic Centre on Minto Road, before releasing them by the evening.

Police said the workers had been detained for protesting at a "non-designated" site. The workers, however, pointed out that the police detained them after 30 days of protesting at the same site.

Devanand Sharma, general secretary of the Domestic Breeding Checker (DBC) Union, said: "The police did not give any reason for detaining us. They said they were being pressured and had already allowed us to protest for 30 days."

A police officer told HT before the workers were released: "There were...