Two senior journalists of Manipur, Paojel Chaoba and Dhiren Sadokpam were released on January 18 after the state police kept them in custody overnight.

Chaoba, the executive editor of The Frontier Manipur, an Imphal-based English news portal, was detained for more than 24 hours. Sadokpam, the editor of the portal, was detained on the evening of January 17 after he was summoned to the police station based on an FIR filed by the officer commanding P. Sanjoy Singh of Singjamei police station in Imphal West district.

Chaoba, the executive editor of the portal, who was detained over 24 hours without being presented before a magistrate, tells his side of the story.

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