Shimla, Feb. 25 -- In scenes resembling a crime thriller, a dramatic inter-state police confrontation unfolded in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday after a 20-member Delhi Police team carried out a pre-dawn detention operation in Chirgaon area of Shimla district, triggering a day-long legal and administrative showdown.
According to official sources, 20 Delhi Police personnel travelling in three Scorpio vehicles entered Himachal Pradesh early in the morning and detained three Youth Congress activists who were staying at a private hospitality unit in Chirgaon.
The operation, however, soon snowballed into controversy as the visiting police team allegedly neither informed the local police nor executed transit remand before moving the detainees ou...