NHRC directs Gujarat DGP to probe into 'illegal' detention of Bhopal-based journalist 

The NHRC has directed the Gujarat Director General of Police to conduct an inquiry into the alleged illegal detention of a Bhopal-based journalist and activist Rakesh Pathak on October 2.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Gujarat Director General of Police to conduct an inquiry into the alleged illegal detention of a Bhopal-based journalist by the police here on October 2.

The rights body passed the direction earlier this week on a complaint filed by NGO `Human Rights Defenders Alert-India' about alleged illegal "abduction" and detention of Bhopal-based journalist and activist Rakesh Pathak.