Nervous Indian police officials forcibly detained an Australian journalist for more than three hours, and copied her emails and phone records, after she had walked through security to see first hand the deplorable conditions in the Commonwealth Games athletes' village.
This comes as Delhi police rescinded the Commonwealth Games accreditation of a photographer who had taken pictures of children working furiously trying to clear the rubble at Games sites.
However, the journalist - Jessica Halloran from the Sydney Sunday Telegraph - who was wandering around the muddy exterior of the village after simply walking through a checkpoint, was detained, not by Games security, but by a Team England official.
Team England chef de mission Craig Hunter said one of his team officials had seen the journalist and claimed she was trying to gain access into the team accommodation. There are no officials or team members staying at the village at the moment.
"One of my team officials escorted her out of the residential accommodation and handed her to security forces and one of the organising committee security officials," Hunter said.
But Ms Halloran told The Daily Telegraph she felt "really uncomfortable" being manhandled by the Team England official, whom she claimed was cold and rude and made a point of "trying to get me in trouble".
She said she had never sought access into the rooms, but was walking around the outside of the building. Halloran said she was questioned by the deputy commissioner of police, IB Rani, who refused to allow her access to the Australian embassy or to call her office to allow them to confirm her journalist credentials.
Ms Halloran said it appeared that the security was in chaos. An Australian television journalist had last week gained access to the main Games stadium - before the security checkpoints were in place - with a host of bomb making equipment he had purchased on the streets of Delhi a few hours earlier.
The stunt, which was designed to highlight the lack of security, was strongly criticised by the Delhi police.
"One of my team officials escorted her out of the residential accommodation and handed her to security forces and one of the organising committee security officials," Hunter said.
But Ms Halloran told The Daily Telegraph she felt "really uncomfortable" being manhandled by the Team England official, whom she claimed was cold and rude and made a point of "trying to get me in trouble".
She said she had never sought access into the rooms, but was walking around the outside of the building. Halloran said she was questioned by the deputy commissioner of police, IB Rani, who refused to allow her access to the Australian embassy or to call her office to allow them to confirm her journalist credentials.
Ms Halloran said it appeared that the security was in chaos. An Australian television journalist had last week gained access to the main Games stadium - before the security checkpoints were in place - with a host of bomb making equipment he had purchased on the streets of Delhi a few hours earlier.
The stunt, which was designed to highlight the lack of security, was strongly criticised by the Delhi police.
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