PRAYAGRAJ, May 30 -- The Allahabad high court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file its counter affidavit (reply) on a habeas corpus writ petition concerning journalist Satyam Verma who was arrested last month and later booked under the National Security Act (NSA) on the allegations of instigating workers to carry out violence during the Noida labourers' protest. A division bench comprising Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Devendra Singh directed the state counsel to file its counter affidavit on the petition filed on behalf of Verma by his wife, challenging his arrest, detention and remand. The petition alleges serious procedural irregularities in the arrest and custodial transfer process and has accordingly sought his release along with preservation of electronic and documentary evidence relating to the detention....