New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- The Karnataka Human Rights Commission has ordered a Bengaluru police officer to pay Rs.2 lakh in compensation to a UK citizen of Indian origin whose flight was missed due to wrongful detention, reported the Times of India.

The matter dates back to February 19, 2019, when British national Krishna Prasad was at the Mumbai airport's immigration centre, preparing to board his flight to London in the morning. He was detained over a lookout notice issued by the Bengaluru Police, said the ToI report.

The lookout notice was issued in connection with a 2016 case of cruelty and criminal intimidation.

However, Prasad had already secured a stay from the Karnataka High Court in 2018 in the same matter, but despite informing th...