Hyderabad, Aug. 25 -- Two journalists were reportedly detained while covering a protest in Delhi's Ramleela Maidan over alleged irregularities in recruitment process of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

Rajat Pandey and cameraperson Rashid Ali Kazmi, employees of online media channel The Lallantop, were initially barred from covering the protest and later detained along with protestors. Their ID cards, camera, microphone and mobile phones have been confiscated.

According to The Lallantop, when the organisation tried contacting Pandey, a police official confirmed that the journalists were detained.

The media organisation contacted higher authorities and successfully secured the release of Pandey and Kazmi. "The detention was a misun...