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Mandeep Punia, freelance journalist and contributor for the Caravan Magazine, who was detained yesterday from the Singhu border was presented before Court number 2(Tihar Jail) by Delhi Police and the Metropolitan Magistrate Akhil Malik has sent him to 14- day judicial custody. As per the media reports, Punia was detained by the Delhi Police for allegedly misbehaving with an official on duty at the protest site while he was covering the farmers' protest and subsequent clashes which took place at Singhu border. As per the FIR lodged against Punia, he has been charged under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to determine public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.