New Delhi: As the Delhi high court on Sunday (March 15) questioned the Delhi police over the alleged illegal detention of ten students and activists in the national capital by Special Cell officials, the police told the court they had been released, LiveLaw reported.This comes after the Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) released a press note alleging that several individuals including two labour rights activists, two anti-displacement activists and six students had been abducted by authorities in plainclothes and remained untraceable with none of them contacting their friends, family members or colleagues.Hearing three habeas corpus petitions listed today regarding the alleged illegal detention of the activists, a division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja of the high court asked the Delhi police to explain the circumstances under which they were detained.The CASR had demanded the immediate disclosure of their whereabouts, an assurance of their physical well-being, access to legal counsel and accountability from the authorities.According to LiveLaw, one of the habeas corpus pleas, filed by advocate Deeksha Dwivedi on behalf of Sagrika Rajora, sought directions to the state and police authorities to immediately produce her sister, one of the detained activists, Lakshita Rajora, before the court.According to the petition, 22-year-old Rajora has been untraceable since the evening of March 13 from Vijay Nagar area near Delhi University, and that her phone was also switched off.Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves and advocates Shahrukh Alam and Jasdeep Dhillon appeared for the petitioners. While the police said that all ten individuals have been released, Dhillon claimed that Rudra Vikram, another detained activist, still could not be traced.The high court then asked the Delhi police to trace Vikram and file their responses to the petitions. The bench also asked the police to ensure that the CCTV footage of relevant areas be preserved.During the hearing the Delhi police’s counsel refused to share a copy of the FIR in the case with the accused, stating that it is confidential, according to Bar and Bench.Apart from these activists, the CSAR, in the press note, said that Ilakkiya, a Delhi University student pursuing her Master’s in psychology, and Shiv Kumar, a labour rights activist, were also picked up on March 12 after visiting Dyal Singh College to meet faculty member Sachin N., a former elected executive of the Delhi University Teachers’ Association, academic council member and part of the Common Teachers’ Forum, to discuss activities for Anti-Imperialism Week.The press note cited shopkeepers as reporting that a woman agent and three to four unidentified personnel in plain clothes forced Ilakkiya into a vehicle with VIP lights outside the college gate near the JLN metro station at 1 pm. Ilakkiya reportedly attempted to shout, but the incident occurred rapidly. Kumar was reportedly already inside the vehicle.Similarly, another activist, Manjeet, was missing since March 13 after attending a CASR programme demanding the release of imprisoned lawyer Surendra Gadling, who is incarcerated in the Bhima Koregaon case.The press note further cited local residents as alleging that Delhi police personnel took seven others from the bsCEM student organisation’s office in Vijay Nagar, near the Delhi University North Campus, at 8 pm on March 13.The court will hear the matter again on March 27.